Potential criminal
[法] 可能犯罪者, 潜在的罪犯
🧩 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
If you aren't busy today, how about lunch?
如果你今天有空的话，吃一顿午饭如何？
If we had been more careful, we would be getting much better results now.
如果我们更为细心的话，成绩会更好。
But even in the most favourable circumstances only a small fraction of the creatures that die are preserved in this way before decay sets in or, even more likely, before scavengers eat them.
即使是在最有利的环境中，死去的生物中也只有一小部分能在开始腐烂前，或更可能在被食腐动物吃掉之前，被这样保存下来。