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		la·tent AHD[lātʹnt] D.J.[ˈleɪtnt]K.K.[ˈletņt]adj.(形容词)- Present or potential but not evident or active:潜在的:存在或潜在的,但是不明显或不活跃的:latent talent.潜在的才能
 
 - Pathology In a dormant or hidden stage:【病理学】  潜伏的:处于蜇伏的或隐藏的阶段的:a latent infection.潜伏的传染
 
 - Biology Undeveloped but capable of normal growth under the proper conditions:【生物学】  休眠的:不发展的,但是在适当的条件下能够正长生长的:a latent bud.休眠芽
 
 - Psychology Present in the unconscious mind but not consciously expressed.【心理学】  潜意识的:存在于潜意识中,但没有有意识地表达出来的
 
  n.(名词)- A fingerprint that is not apparent to the eye but can be made sufficiently visible, as by dusting or fuming, for use in identification.指纹:不能清楚地通过肉眼看到指纹,但经过有效的技术处理,如撒粉或熏制,就可以看到的,用于辨明身份
 
 - Middle English 中古英语 
 
 - from Old French 源自 古法语 
 
 - from Latin latēns  latent- [present participle of] latēre [to lie hidden] 源自 拉丁语 latēns  latent-   latēre的现在分词 [隐藏起来] 
 
  laʹtently adv.(副词)latent, dormant, quiescent- These adjectives mean present or in existence but not active or manifest.What islatent  is present but not visible or apparent:  这些形容词都含有存在但不活跃或不明显的意思。Latent 一词的含义是存在但看不到或不明显的:  latent energy;潜在的能量;latent ability.潜在的能力。His critical remark immediately awakened all her latent hostility.他的批评立刻引起了她潜在的敌意。
 
 - Dormant  evokes the idea of sleep;the term applies to what is inactive or in suspended animation: Dormant  含有睡眠的意思;这个词含有处于不活跃状态或暂停状态: a dormant volcano.休眠火山。Her enormous talents were dormant. Persons or things arequiescent  when they cease to be active; sometimes—but not always—the term suggests temporary inactivity: 她非凡的天才被暂时埋没了。 当不再活跃的时候人或事情使处于quiescent 状态; 有时——但不是经常——这个词含有暂时性不活跃的意思: "How for nine years you could be patient and quiescent under any treatment . . . I can never comprehend" (Charlotte Brontë). “这九年来你是如何面对各种遭遇保持耐心和缄默的……我永远也不可能知道” (夏洛特·勃朗特)。 "For a time, he [the whale] lay quiescent"   (Herman Melville).“过了一会儿,他 躺在那里不动了”  (赫尔曼·麦尔维尔)
 
 
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