The system had the potential to be coercive, but its actual effect would depend on context and usage.

这一体制确实有可能成为压迫性的工具，但是它的实际效果取决于具体的环境和运用。

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We had pointed out to them that IDA had done extremely well, but has great potential.

我们向他们指出，国际开发协会的工作非常出色，但也存在巨大潜力。

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World Health Organization said over the weekend that the new swine flu virus had the potential to cause another pandemic, but that it had no way of knowing whether it actually would.

世界卫生组织说在周末新猪流感病毒有可能引发另一起大流行，但没有办法知道它是否会真的发生。

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But from focus groups, they learned that potential users of the service had concerns about privacy.

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"That was reassuring, but it also meant that if you were unidentified you had potential friendly fire not too far away at a moment's notice."

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These Drexel issues offered some downside protection, since they were mostly debt, but had upside potential as well because there were warrants attached.

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He had been seen as a potential DPJ leader but had to resign last year amid a row over a political donation.

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But the medicine had a potential for toxicity, and he spent years refining it before founding a company called Centaur.

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