• adj. 潛在的；潛伏的；隱藏的

來自PIE*la,隱藏，遺忘，詞源同Lethe,lethargy.

latent (adj.)

mid-15c., "concealed, secret," from Latin latentem (nominative latens) "lying hid, secret, unknown," present participle of latere "to lie hidden," from PIE *laidh-, from root *la- "to be hidden" (cognates: Greek lethe "forgetfulness, oblivion," Old Church Slavonic lajati "to lie in wait for"). Meaning "dormant" is from 1680s.

1. It may also appeal to the latent chauvinism of many ordinary people.

它可能也迎合了許多普通人心中的沙文主義情結(jié)。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The European states retained a latent capability to menace Britain's own security.

歐洲國家仍具有威脅英國自身安全的潛在能力。

來自柯林斯例句

3. These children have a huge reserve of latent talent.

這些孩子蘊(yùn)藏著極大的潛在天賦。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. You have latent force to develop in your studies.

你在學(xué)習(xí)上還有潛力可挖.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. Without training, his musical talent remained latent.

由于未經(jīng)訓(xùn)練, 他的音樂天賦未被發(fā)掘出來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》