The extreme drought threatened to render the once-fertile farmland completely barren for the coming season.
极端干旱有可能使曾经肥沃的农田在即将到来的季节完全荒芜。
- For example, a rooster's crow is rendered as 'cock-a-doodle-doo' in English but as distinctly different sound sequences in many other languages.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “render”?
C — To cause to become; provide or give.. “render” means To cause to become; provide or give..
Which word means “To cause to become; provide or give.”?
C — render. “render” means To cause to become; provide or give..
render — To cause to become; provide or give.. In Chinese: 使成为;致使;给予;呈现.
render is pronounced //ˈrendər//.
The extreme drought threatened to render the once-fertile farmland completely barren for the coming season. (极端干旱有可能使曾经肥沃的农田在即将到来的季节完全荒芜。)
make, provide, deliver — all close in meaning to render (To cause to become; provide or give.).
withhold, remove — each the opposite of render (To cause to become; provide or give.).
Yes. render 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.
re + nder(给,如 rent/render 归还) → 使…变成、给出 → 致使、呈现。