Coastal cities must develop strategies to cope with rising sea levels caused by climate change.
沿海城市必须制定策略来应对气候变化导致的海平面上升。
Which choice best defines “cope”?
D — Handle, deal with. “cope” means handle, deal with.
Which word means “handle, deal with”?
A — cope. “cope” means handle, deal with.
cope — handle, deal with. In Chinese: 应对，处理.
cope is pronounced /koʊp/.
Coastal cities must develop strategies to cope with rising sea levels caused by climate change. (沿海城市必须制定策略来应对气候变化导致的海平面上升。)
manage, handle, deal with — all close in meaning to cope (handle, deal with).
succumb, fail — each the opposite of cope (handle, deal with).
Yes. cope 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.
cope (deal with)