动 go underwater，hide under water，hide，dive；形 （不显露在外的） latent，hidden；副 （秘密地） stealthily，secretly，on the sly；名 （姓氏） a surname ；

[例句] 猎人潜行追踪猎物。 The hunters stalked their prey.

[例句] 潜步跟踪目标时，用三脚架是不切实际的。 When stalking subjects, a tripod is impractical.

go under water，dive，[地] phreatic water，ground water，diving ；

[例句] 除了租救生衣，水上运动爱好者还应该考虑租一套潜水服。 Watersports enthusiasts should consider hiring a wetsuit as well as a lifejacket.

[例句] 我们蹲在水池旁，看着潜水者慢慢沉下水。 We squatted beside the pool and watched the diver sink slowly down.

hide，conceal，fly [lie] low，incubate，fallow；

[例句] 嘲笑声的背后潜伏着一种越来越强烈的不安。 Behind the mocking laughter lurks a growing sense of unease.

[例句] 科学家们知道癌症可能会潜伏多年。 Scientists know that cancer may not show up for many years.

latent，potential，lurking，latency ；

[例句] 我们已意识到潜在的问题，并采取了全面的预防措施。 We are aware of the potential problems and have taken every precaution.

[例句] 他们关注的是公开的歧视，而不是种族主义的一些潜在问题。 They focus on overt discrimination rather than insidious aspects of racism.

submarine，dunker，oscar ；

[例句] 他发现有一艘船正在潜艇的右侧航行。 He detected a ship moving down the starboard side of the submarine.

[例句] 我们试图标绘出潜艇的航线图。 We were trying to plot the course of the submarine.

antisubmarine ；

[例句] 然而, 它仍然是PLA海军可用的唯一舷侧反潜鱼雷. However, it remains the only shipboard - submarine torpedo available for the PLA Navy.

[例句] 当然, 盟军反反潜作战是战争期间改善. Naturally, the Allies'anti submarine warfare was improved during the war.

[医] incubation，incubation period，latentperiod，delitescence，latent period ；

[例句] 它的潜伏期有多长? How long is its latent period?

[例句] 该病有长达11天的潜伏期。 The illness has an incubation period of up to 11 days.

U-boat，undersea boat，submarine，pigboat，sub；

[例句] 潜水艇没等军舰靠近就及时潜入水下了。 The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach.

[例句] 不一会儿, 潜水艇内所有的东西都扣紧了. Within a short time, everything on the submarine was buttoned up.

hide，be in hiding，go into hiding，lurk ；

[例句] 努力找出你的愤怒之下潜藏的情感。 Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger.

[例句] 而且,任何灵长类都潜藏着致死性感染病原物. And any primate can harbor deadly infectious agents.

slip into，sneak into，dive into，go under ；

[例句] 之后曾尝试潜入污水坑。 An attempt was then made to dive the sump.

[例句] 鲨鱼急速潜入水中，在船下游动。 The shark dived down and swam under the boat.

desert，abscond，slink，elope，elopement ；

[例句] 去年他在因涉毒被控告期间弃保潜逃。 He had jumped bail last year while being tried on drug charges.

[例句] 他卷走公司的资金潜逃了。 He absconded with the company funds.

move [walk] under water，move stealthily，slink，sneak，prowl ；

[例句] 猎人潜行追踪猎物。 The hunters stalked their prey.

[例句] 老虎在森林里潜行觅食. The tiger prowled through the jungle.

periscope ；

[例句] 那个潜艇艇长有个类似于潜望镜之类的东西. The captain of the submarine has got this periscope thing.

[例句] 船长使潜望镜对准方位。 The captain aligned the periscope on the bearing.

underwater swimming，underwater diving，swim underwater，skin dive ；

[例句] 我们去潜泳了，然后回来吃午饭。 We went snorkelling, and then returned for lunch.

[例句] 从海滩坐船就可以直接到达潜水和潜泳的场所,方便极了. Dive and snorkel sites are easily accessible by boat from the beach.

dive，submergence ；

[例句] 潜水员下潜到超过危险线的深水中去了. The diver went into the deep water beyond the danger limit.

[例句] 为了下潜,里边还有个密封小水槽―负槽. For diving there's small sealed tank inside, the negative tank.

latent capacity，potential，potentiality ；

[例句] 这个男孩在上小学的时候就初次显示出成为运动员的潜力。 The boy first showed promise as an athlete in grade school.

[例句] 老板充分意识到她的潜力后，对她关怀备至。 Her boss took her under his wing after fully realizing her potential.

aquanaut，diver，frogman ；

[例句] 他在北海学会了潜水员这一行的本事。 He learnt his trade as a diver in the North Sea.

[例句] 潜水员向后翻身入水。 The diver flipped over backwards into the water.

proficiency，potential ；

[例句] 他全身心地投入，最大限度地激发学生的潜能。 He is totally dedicated and brings out the best in his pupils.

[例句] 这种提高生命力和潜能的体验使我充满了欢乐. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy.

diving suit，divingde ；

[例句] 除了租救生衣，水上运动爱好者还应该考虑租一套潜水服。 Watersports enthusiasts should consider hiring a wetsuit as well as a lifejacket.

[例句] 湿式潜水服有极佳的隔热性能。 A wet suit provides excellent insulation.

possible，potential，[医] larvaceous，larval，latent ；

[例句] 我们已意识到潜在的问题，并采取了全面的预防措施。 We are aware of the potential problems and have taken every precaution.

[例句] 妄想有时也具有潜在的破坏性。 Delusions are sometimes insidiously destructive.