Her insight into the migration patterns of monarch butterflies helped biologists design more effective conservation corridors.
她对帝王蝶迁徙模式的洞察力帮助生物学家设计了更有效的保护走廊。
Memoirist Tobias Wren argues that an essay exposing flaws without offering any reflection or growth risks reading as mere self-indulgence rather than meaningful insight for the reader.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “insight”?
A — The ability to understand people and situations in a very clear way. “insight” means the ability to understand people and situations in a very clear way.
Which word means “the ability to understand people and situations in a very clear way”?
B — insight. “insight” means the ability to understand people and situations in a very clear way.
insight — the ability to understand people and situations in a very clear way. In Chinese: 洞察力，见识.
insight is pronounced /ˈɪnˌsaɪt/.
Her insight into the migration patterns of monarch butterflies helped biologists design more effective conservation corridors. (她对帝王蝶迁徙模式的洞察力帮助生物学家设计了更有效的保护走廊。)
discernment, perception, understanding — all close in meaning to insight (the ability to understand people and situations in a very clear way).
ignorance, naivety — each the opposite of insight (the ability to understand people and situations in a very clear way).
Yes. insight is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. 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.
in(inside) + sight(vision) → internal vision → insight.