By exploiting the natural temperature differences in the ocean, engineers designed a power plant that generates electricity without burning fuel.
通过利用海洋中的自然温差，工程师设计了一座无需燃烧燃料即可发电的发电厂。
Which choice best defines “exploiting”?
C — Using someone or something unfairly for one's own benefit. “exploiting” means using someone or something unfairly for one's own benefit.
Which word means “using someone or something unfairly for one's own benefit”?
D — exploiting. “exploiting” means using someone or something unfairly for one's own benefit.
exploiting — using someone or something unfairly for one's own benefit. In Chinese: 利用，剥削.
exploiting is pronounced /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪŋ/.
By exploiting the natural temperature differences in the ocean, engineers designed a power plant that generates electricity without burning fuel. (通过利用海洋中的自然温差，工程师设计了一座无需燃烧燃料即可发电的发电厂。)
using, manipulating, abusing — all close in meaning to exploiting (using someone or something unfairly for one's own benefit).
protecting, respecting — each the opposite of exploiting (using someone or something unfairly for one's own benefit).
Yes. exploiting 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.