Visitors to the research library must request rare manuscripts at least twenty-four hours in advance for retrieval from the climate-controlled vault.
研究图书馆的访客必须至少提前二十四小时请求查阅稀有手稿，以便从恒温恒湿的库房中取出。
A researcher recorded average monthly humidity and the number of mold-related maintenance requests at an apartment complex across four months:
From a Command of Evidence: Quantitative question · Information and Ideas
A building manager claims that mold-related requests are strongly associated with humidity, with higher humidity linked to more requests.
From a Command of Evidence: Quantitative question · Information and Ideas
- Glenn specifically requested that Johnson personally verify the electronic computer's calculations before he would agree to fly.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “request”?
D — Ask for, ask formally. “request” means ask for, ask formally.
Which word means “ask for, ask formally”?
B — request. “request” means ask for, ask formally.
request — ask for, ask formally. In Chinese: 请求，要求.
request is pronounced /rɪˈkwest/.
Visitors to the research library must request rare manuscripts at least twenty-four hours in advance for retrieval from the climate-controlled vault. (研究图书馆的访客必须至少提前二十四小时请求查阅稀有手稿，以便从恒温恒湿的库房中取出。)
ask, solicit, petition — all close in meaning to request (ask for, ask formally).
demand, refuse — each the opposite of request (ask for, ask formally).
Yes. request 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.
re(again)+quest(seek).