The environmental agency issued a directive requiring all coastal factories to reduce their wastewater discharge by thirty percent within two years.
环保机构发布了一项指令，要求所有沿海工厂在两年内将废水排放量减少百分之三十。
Which choice best defines “directive”?
D — An official instruction or order. “directive” means an official instruction or order.
Which word means “an official instruction or order”?
D — directive. “directive” means an official instruction or order.
directive — an official instruction or order. In Chinese: 指令，命令.
directive is pronounced /dəˈrɛktɪv/.
The environmental agency issued a directive requiring all coastal factories to reduce their wastewater discharge by thirty percent within two years. (环保机构发布了一项指令，要求所有沿海工厂在两年内将废水排放量减少百分之三十。)
mandate, edict, instruction — all close in meaning to directive (an official instruction or order).
suggestion, request — each the opposite of directive (an official instruction or order).
Yes. directive 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.