Potential energy barrier
[化] 势垒; 位垒
🧩 词语组成解析
potential
[pə'tɛnʃl]
adj. 潜在的，有可能的;[语法学]可能语气的，表示可能性的;有能力的;
n. 潜力，潜能;[物]电位，势能;潜能的事物;[语]可能语气;
potent能力，动力+ial...的→由“能力”引申为“潜力” → 潜力
🗣️ 情景例句
Is this bus going to Dallas?
这车开往达拉斯吗？
The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve.
嘴上真君子，行动烂小人。
unlike, say, a buyer of goods, cannot complain that the law is loaded against him.
但是储户不能像货物的买主那样来抱怨法律对自己不利。