potentiality

英 [pəˌtenʃiˈæləti]

美 [pəˌtenʃiˈæləti]

n.  潜力; 潜在的可能性

复数：potentialities　

TOEFL

BNC.16272 / COCA.22689

牛津词典

noun

• 潜力；潜在的可能性
  a power or a quality that exists and is capable of being developed
  1. We often underestimate our potentialities.
     我们常常低估自己的潜力。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 潜在性；可能性；潜力
  If something haspotentialitiesorpotentiality, it is capable of being used or developed in particular ways.
  1. The breathtaking potentialities of mechanization set the minds of manufacturers and merchants on fire...
     机械化的惊人潜力使制造厂和商人们激动不已。
  2. All of these are quite useful breeds whose potentiality has not been realised.
     所有这些都是十分有用的品种，其潜力还没有被完全发挥。

英英释义

noun

• an aptitude that may be developed
  Synonym:capabilitycapableness
• the inherent capacity for coming into being
  Synonym:potentialpotency

双语例句

• Study on Biomass Energy Resource Potentiality and Development Strategy in Linyi City
  临沂市生物质能源资源潜力与开发战略研究
• Thus, a new approach was available to utilize the potentiality of intrinsic unsteady flow.
  为固有非定常潜能的利用提供了一类新途径。
• The breathtaking potentialities of mechanization set the minds of manufacturers and merchants on fire
  机械化的惊人潜力使制造厂和商人们激动不已。
• The arrangement potentiality of cultivated land was investigated in Yuping county, Guizhou.
  以贵州省玉屏县为研究区域，对耕地整理潜力进行了研究。
• You are the ultimate potentiality of which the all-embracing consciousness is the manifestation and expression.
  你是令无所不容底意识得以显现和表达的终极潜能。
• There is still greater development potentiality in combination with the feasible potential of rainwater resources in Sanchuanhe River basin.
  从流域雨水资源可实现潜力来看，三川河流域的雨水资源还有较大的开发利用潜力。
• The study indicated that PIS had extensive application potentiality on detecting spectral information of crop components in the micro-scale.
  研究表明，成像光谱仪在微观尺度上的作物组分光谱信息探测方面具有较大的应用潜力。
• The actuality and potentiality of forest carbon trade market at home and abroad were expounded.
  概述国内外森林碳汇交易市场现状，分析中国森林生态交易市场的潜力和存在的问题。
• This new understanding is of great guiding significance in the deployment of oil and gas exploration and the evaluation of potentiality.
  这一新认识对巴楚地区的油气勘探部署和潜力评价均具有重要指导作用。
• He put forward two important philosophical categories in his book "Metaphysics": potentiality and actuality.
  亚里士多德在《形而上学》中第一次提出了两个重要的哲学范畴：潜能和现实。