John seemed as horrified as I about his potential for violence.

和我一样，约翰对他的暴力倾向感到恐惧。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Civilization is the impersonal forces of nature and his own potential violence on the one hand and the remote powers of the gods on the other.

文明是不受个人情感影响的天性，也是人类潜在的更强大的能力和诸神们拥有的凡人不能及的力量。

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As for Gaza,Hamzawy argues Egypt has a right to stop the potential influx of violence.

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The review concludes with a recommendation for close monitoring of what it calls "indicators of potential violence, " as though that potential is something that can be reliably ascertained, let alone precluded, without acknowledging the underlying cause.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Not saying the unsayable

The enormity of the potential violence -- well, the amount of violence that had occurred against civilian populations but also what was about to occur, and the promises made by Qaddafi himself on what he would do to the people of Benghazi were obviously factors in this.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Until it does so, security is a daytime illusion and the potential for violence remains.

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