latent
adjective
uk/ˈleɪ.tənt/us/ˈleɪ.tənt/presentbutneedingparticularconditionstobecomeactive,obvious, orcompletelydeveloped:
潜在的,潜伏的,隐性的Recentdevelopmentsin theareahavebroughtlatentethnictensionout into theopen.近来该地区的一些新情况导致民族之间潜在的紧张关系公开化了。
We'retryingtobringout the latentartistictalentsthat manypeoplepossesswithoutrealizingit.我们正在努力挖掘许多人自身具有但却没有意识到的潜在艺术才能。
not active or working
- inactiveIf you haven’t voted in the last two elections, we consider you inactive and remove you from the electoral roll.
- dormantThe plants will stay dormant throughout the winter.
- latentMany people in the region have latent tuberculosis.
- quiescentThe extremist group was politically quiescent but very socially active.
- moribundThe family business is now moribund.
Potential
- accident
- an accident waiting to happenidiom
- auspicious
- auspiciously
- be an actor, cook, etc. in the makingidiom
- commanding
- embryo
- fertile
- making
- not be beyond the wit of man/someoneidiom
- potential
- potentiality
- potentially
- prospect
- prospective
- realizable
- retrievable
- room
- room for improvementidiom
- sleeper