Her enthusiasm for marine biology led her to spend every summer volunteering at a coastal research station.
她对海洋生物学的热情使她每个夏天都在沿海研究站做志愿者。
Which choice best defines “enthusiasm”?
C — Intense and eager enjoyment or interest. “enthusiasm” means intense and eager enjoyment or interest.
Which word means “intense and eager enjoyment or interest”?
A — enthusiasm. “enthusiasm” means intense and eager enjoyment or interest.
enthusiasm — intense and eager enjoyment or interest. In Chinese: 热情，热忱.
enthusiasm is pronounced /ɪnˈθuːziæzəm/.
Her enthusiasm for marine biology led her to spend every summer volunteering at a coastal research station. (她对海洋生物学的热情使她每个夏天都在沿海研究站做志愿者。)
eagerness, passion, zeal — all close in meaning to enthusiasm (intense and eager enjoyment or interest).
apathy, indifference — each the opposite of enthusiasm (intense and eager enjoyment or interest).
Yes. enthusiasm 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.