Desert plants have evolved to conserve water, especially during the prolonged dry season when rainfall is scarce.
沙漠植物进化出节约水分的特性，尤其是在降雨稀少的漫长旱季。
Dietitian Sam Ostrowski agrees that plant-based diets can meet protein needs but stresses that this requires careful meal planning that many people, especially those transitioning quickly from omnivorous diets, may not initially know how to do.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Redwood trees, among the tallest living organisms on Earth, draw much of their water not from their roots alone but by directly absorbing moisture from coastal fog through microscopic pores in their needles, a process especially important during California's dry summer months.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
- The technique has become especially valuable in studying how tumors grow and respond to treatment.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “especially”?
B — Particularly; more than others. “especially” means particularly; more than others.
Which word means “particularly; more than others”?
D — especially. “especially” means particularly; more than others.
especially — particularly; more than others. In Chinese: 尤其，特别.
especially is pronounced /ɪˈspɛʃəli/.
Desert plants have evolved to conserve water, especially during the prolonged dry season when rainfall is scarce. (沙漠植物进化出节约水分的特性，尤其是在降雨稀少的漫长旱季。)
particularly, notably, chiefly — all close in meaning to especially (particularly; more than others).
generally, broadly — each the opposite of especially (particularly; more than others).
Yes. especially 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.