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potential (EN)
名词,形容词

名词 “potential”

单数potential,复数potentials或不可数
  1. 潜力
    The young inventor's potential for creating innovative gadgets was recognized by everyone in the science club.
  2. 势能
    To calculate the gravitational potential at a point above the Earth's surface, we must consider the work needed to move a mass from infinity to that point.

形容词 “potential”

基本形式 potential (more/most)
  1. 有潜力的
    The area has several potential sites for the new school.
  2. 无旋的(在物理学中描述场)
    In our study, we discovered that the magnetic field around the stationary magnet was potential, showing no signs of rotation.