The hospital's emergency response team was dispatched within minutes of the chemical spill alert.
医院应急响应小组在化学泄漏警报发出几分钟内就被派往现场。
A public health official claims that a citywide campaign promoting mask use during flu season significantly reduced flu-related emergency room visits among elderly residents specifically.
From a Command of Evidence: Textual question · Information and Ideas
A hospital compared average patient wait times in its emergency department before and after implementing a new triage software system:
From a Command of Evidence: Quantitative question · Information and Ideas
The report's introduction lists three possible explanations for rising emergency room wait times before stating that each subsequent section will examine the evidence for one explanation in turn.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “emergency”?
B — A serious, unexpected situation needing immediate action. “emergency” means a serious, unexpected situation needing immediate action.
Which word means “a serious, unexpected situation needing immediate action”?
C — emergency. “emergency” means a serious, unexpected situation needing immediate action.
emergency — a serious, unexpected situation needing immediate action. In Chinese: 紧急情况.
emergency is pronounced /ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi/.
The hospital's emergency response team was dispatched within minutes of the chemical spill alert. (医院应急响应小组在化学泄漏警报发出几分钟内就被派往现场。)
crisis, urgent situation, catastrophe — all close in meaning to emergency (a serious, unexpected situation needing immediate action).
routine, normality — each the opposite of emergency (a serious, unexpected situation needing immediate action).
Yes. emergency 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.