I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 測量，測度;措施;程度;尺寸;
vt. 測量;估量;
vi. 測量;測量（大小，容量，尺寸等）;
?? meas計量，測量+ure名詞后綴 → 測量，測定
"How do you measure the volume of a gas?"
你如何計量氣體的體積？
近義：meter, quantify, dose, gauge, measurement, measuring
n. 完成，達到;成就，成績;
?? achieve 達成+ ment表示行為、行為的過程或結果 → n.成績,成就；實現,完成,達到
"the greatest scientific achievement of the decade"
這十年最偉大的科學成就
近義：hit, arrival, attainment, performance, prodigy, prowess
反義：infelicity, irregularity, lapse, miss, overthrow, shortcoming
adj. 潛在的，有可能的;[語法學]可能語氣的，表示可能性的;有能力的;
n. 潛力，潛能;[物]電位，勢能;潛能的事物;[語]可能語氣;
?? potent能力，動力+ial...的→由“能力”引申為“潛力” → 潛力
"The potential of hydroelectricity of one region varies from that of another."
水電的潛力因地而異.
近義：aptitude, aptness, possibility, potentiality, skill, suitability
反義：inadequacy, incompetence, ineptness, unsuitability, impracticable, unachievable
n. 美洲;美國;[電影]亞美利加;
"His ancestors had come to America from Ireland."
他的祖先從愛爾蘭來到美國。