having a strong effect on your body or mind 有強效的；有力的；烈性的；影響身心的 a potent drug 猛藥 a very potent alcoholic brew 烈性酒精飲料 a potent argument 有力的論據 The vodka must have been pretty potent stuff. 這種伏特加酒勁兒肯定相當大。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
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powerful 強大的；強有力的 a potent force 強大的力量
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- remain
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin potent- ‘being powerful, being able’, from the verb posse.