present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or completely developed潛在的,潛伏的,隐性的
Recent developments in the area have brought latent ethnic tension out into the open.近來該地區的一些新情況導致民族之間潛在的緊張關系公開化了。
We're trying to bring out the latent artistic talents that many people possess without realizing it.我們正在努力挖掘許多人自身具有但卻沒有意識到的潛在藝術才能。