An important discovery in archaeology, the ancient irrigation system revealed how early farmers managed scarce water resources.
考古学中的一项重要发现——古代灌溉系统——揭示了早期农民如何管理稀缺的水资源。
Historian Elena Cruz argues that the printing press was the single most important technological cause of the Reformation, since it allowed reformist ideas to spread faster than church authorities could suppress them.
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
Which choice best defines “important”?
D — Having great significance or value. “important” means having great significance or value.
Which word means “having great significance or value”?
D — important. “important” means having great significance or value.
important — having great significance or value. In Chinese: 重要的.
important is pronounced /ɪmˈpɔːrtənt/.
An important discovery in archaeology, the ancient irrigation system revealed how early farmers managed scarce water resources. (考古学中的一项重要发现——古代灌溉系统——揭示了早期农民如何管理稀缺的水资源。)
significant, crucial, vital — all close in meaning to important (having great significance or value).
trivial, minor — each the opposite of important (having great significance or value).
Yes. important 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.