我过去认为这种情感必定潜藏在人民的什么地方，然而从这个快死去的男孩身上，我看到了这种情感的迸发。 I had supposed that it must be latent somewhere in the people, but I had never seen it break out, until I saw it in the dying boy.
一有危险迹象，潜艇就会潜入水中。 At the first sign of danger the submarine will submerge.
他被感染了一种潜伏性的传染病。 He was infected with a latent infection.
经理没有发现她潜在的才能。 The manager did not find her latent abilities.
