The construction of the new bridge required careful engineering to withstand strong river currents.
新桥的建造需要精心的工程设计，以承受强劲的河流水流。
The historian's account of the canal's construction proceeds strictly by decade from the 1880s to the 1910s, pausing at each decade only to describe major engineering setbacks and how they were overcome.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Urban planner Naomi Berg advocates for converting unused downtown parking garages into affordable housing units, arguing that the structural conversion is cheaper than new construction.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Traditional adobe construction techniques use sun-dried mud bricks that provide substantial thermal mass, allowing interior temperatures to stay cool during hot days and retain warmth through cool nights; this passive temperature regulation reduces the need for mechanical heating and cooling in many desert climates.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
Which choice best defines “construction”?
C — The act of building something. “construction” means the act of building something.
Which word means “the act of building something”?
B — construction. “construction” means the act of building something.
construction — the act of building something. In Chinese: 建筑，建造.
construction is pronounced /kənˈstrʌkʃən/.
The construction of the new bridge required careful engineering to withstand strong river currents. (新桥的建造需要精心的工程设计，以承受强劲的河流水流。)
building, assembly, erection — all close in meaning to construction (the act of building something).
demolition, destruction — each the opposite of construction (the act of building something).
Yes. construction is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.