After weeks of excavation, the ancient mosaic began to emerge from beneath layers of volcanic ash.
经过数周的挖掘，古老的马赛克开始从火山灰层下显现出来。
An article about renewable energy storage opens with a technical explanation of how lithium-ion batteries degrade over repeated charging cycles, then spends its remaining sections describing three emerging alternative battery technologies designed to avoid this specific problem.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
- Once rain returns and the mud softens, the lungfish emerges from its cocoon and resumes normal activity.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “emerge”?
C — Come out, appear. “emerge” means come out, appear.
Which word means “come out, appear”?
D — emerge. “emerge” means come out, appear.
emerge — come out, appear. In Chinese: 出现，浮现.
emerge is pronounced /ɪˈmɜːrdʒ/.
After weeks of excavation, the ancient mosaic began to emerge from beneath layers of volcanic ash. (经过数周的挖掘，古老的马赛克开始从火山灰层下显现出来。)
appear, surface, arise — all close in meaning to emerge (come out, appear).
disappear, vanish — each the opposite of emerge (come out, appear).
Yes. emerge 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.
e(out)+merge(combine)