In emergency response, triage assigns priority by expected benefit rather than by arrival time, so the most treatable cases are seen first.
在紧急救援中，分诊按预期获益而非到达先后确定优先级，因此最有救治希望的病例先被处理。
Which choice best defines “priority”?
D — Something very important. “priority” means something very important.
Which word means “something very important”?
A — priority. “priority” means something very important.
priority — something very important. In Chinese: 优先权，优先事项.
priority is pronounced /praɪˈɔːrəti/.
In emergency response, triage assigns priority by expected benefit rather than by arrival time, so the most treatable cases are seen first. (在紧急救援中，分诊按预期获益而非到达先后确定优先级，因此最有救治希望的病例先被处理。)
precedence, urgency, primacy — all close in meaning to priority (something very important).
afterthought, triviality — each the opposite of priority (something very important).
Yes. priority 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.
prior(in front)+ity(noun)