The sudden outbreak of a waterborne illness in the coastal town prompted immediate public health investigations and sanitation upgrades.
沿海小镇水传播疾病的突然爆发促使了立即的公共卫生调查和卫生设施升级。
Which choice best defines “outbreak”?
C — A sudden start of something unwelcome, like a disease. “outbreak” means a sudden start of something unwelcome, like a disease.
Which word means “a sudden start of something unwelcome, like a disease”?
C — outbreak. “outbreak” means a sudden start of something unwelcome, like a disease.
outbreak — a sudden start of something unwelcome, like a disease. In Chinese: 爆发.
outbreak is pronounced /ˈaʊtbreɪk/.
The sudden outbreak of a waterborne illness in the coastal town prompted immediate public health investigations and sanitation upgrades. (沿海小镇水传播疾病的突然爆发促使了立即的公共卫生调查和卫生设施升级。)
eruption, surge, flare-up — all close in meaning to outbreak (a sudden start of something unwelcome, like a disease).
containment, subsidence — each the opposite of outbreak (a sudden start of something unwelcome, like a disease).
Yes. outbreak 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.