potentiate
UK/pә'tenʃieit/US
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Definitions
v.
To increase the power, effect, or potency of something (especially a drug).
增强……的效力（尤指药效）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedpotent (powerful) + -iate (to make) = 'to make more potent.' Here -ate is the verb-forming suffix (as in activate, validate). Potentiate is mostly a pharmacology and biology term: one substance potentiates another when it boosts its effect.
Root potent still carries 8 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.potentiate the effect增强效果
- 2.potentiate a drug增强药效
- 3.potentiate the response增强反应
- 4.potentiate activity增强活性
Example Sentences
- 1.
Alcohol can potentiate the sedative effect of some medications.
- 2.
The second compound potentiates the action of the first.
- 3.
Caffeine may potentiate the painkiller's effect.