An onlooker at the archaeological dig noticed a small pottery shard that the team had overlooked.
考古发掘现场的一位旁观者注意到团队忽略的一块小陶片。
Which choice best defines “onlooker”?
C — A person who watches something happen but is not involved. “onlooker” means a person who watches something happen but is not involved.
Which word means “a person who watches something happen but is not involved”?
D — onlooker. “onlooker” means a person who watches something happen but is not involved.
onlooker — a person who watches something happen but is not involved. In Chinese: 旁观者.
onlooker is pronounced /ˈɒnˌlʊkər/.
An onlooker at the archaeological dig noticed a small pottery shard that the team had overlooked. (考古发掘现场的一位旁观者注意到团队忽略的一块小陶片。)
bystander, observer, spectator — all close in meaning to onlooker (a person who watches something happen but is not involved).
participant, involver — each the opposite of onlooker (a person who watches something happen but is not involved).
Yes. onlooker 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.