The theme of environmental conservation recurred throughout the science fair, as students presented projects on renewable energy.
环保主题在科学展上反复出现，学生们展示了关于可再生能源的项目。
Theater critic Amina Yusuf praises a director's decision to stage a Shakespearean tragedy in modern dress and a contemporary urban setting, arguing that the choice makes the play's themes feel newly urgent to modern audiences.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “theme”?
C — Subject, topic. “theme” means subject, topic.
Which word means “subject, topic”?
D — theme. “theme” means subject, topic.
theme — subject, topic. In Chinese: 主题，题材.
theme is pronounced /θiːm/.
The theme of environmental conservation recurred throughout the science fair, as students presented projects on renewable energy. (环保主题在科学展上反复出现，学生们展示了关于可再生能源的项目。)
topic, subject, motif — all close in meaning to theme (subject, topic).
Yes. theme 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.
theme (subject)