Deep-sea vent communities rely on chemical nourishment rather than sunlight for their energy needs.
深海热泉群落依赖化学营养而非阳光来满足其能量需求。
Which choice best defines “nourishment”?
B — Food and other things needed for health and growth. “nourishment” means food and other things needed for health and growth.
Which word means “food and other things needed for health and growth”?
C — nourishment. “nourishment” means food and other things needed for health and growth.
nourishment — food and other things needed for health and growth. In Chinese: 营养.
nourishment is pronounced /ˈnʌrɪʃmənt/.
Deep-sea vent communities rely on chemical nourishment rather than sunlight for their energy needs. (深海热泉群落依赖化学营养而非阳光来满足其能量需求。)
sustenance, nutriment, food — all close in meaning to nourishment (food and other things needed for health and growth).
starvation, malnutrition — each the opposite of nourishment (food and other things needed for health and growth).
Yes. nourishment 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.