potency

英 ['pəʊtnsi] 美 ['poʊtnsi]

• n. 效力；潜能；权力

英英释义

Noun:

1. the power or right to give orders or make decisions;

   "he has the authority to issue warrants"
   "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"
   "a place of potency in the state"
   

2. capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects;

   "the toxin's potency"
   "the strength of the drinks"
   

3. the inherent capacity for coming into being

4. the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Alcohol increases the drug's potency.
   酒精能增加这种毒品的效力。
2. If you keep a medicine too long, it may lose its potency.
   药物存放太久，可能会失去效力。
3. Vanity is a motive of immense potency.
   虚荣心是一个有着极大潜力的动机。

经典引文

• The potency of television in conditioning youngsters to be loyal enthusiasts of a product.

  出自： V. Packard

• The child's steps towards independence are experienced as a threat to the parent's potency.

  出自： B. Bettelheim

词汇搭配

• bactericidal potency 杀菌效能
• prospective potency 预定能力
• relative potency ratio 相对活性比值...
• carcinogenic potency 致癌能力
• potency test 效能试验
• potency of drug 药力
• potency unit 效能单位
• high potency 高效能
• immunizing potency 免疫效能
• immunogenic potency 免疫源能力
• relative potency 相对优势,相对功效...
• differentiation potency 分化能
• reactive potency [医] 反应能力(胚...
• developmental potency 发育能力
• potency assay 效能测定
• allelic potency 基因潜能

近反义词

【近义词】

• strength 力气
• power 力量
• energy 精力
• vigor 活力
• virtue 美德
• persuasion 说服
• leadership 领导
• vitality 活力
• kick 踢
• operation 操作
• force 武力
• muscle 肌肉
• vigour 精力
• potentiality 潜力
• potential 潜在的
• potence 潜能
• authorization 授权(书)
• authorisation 授权
• dominance 支配
• say-so 无根据的话
• effectiveness 有效性
• authority 权力

【反义词】

• impotency 无力