emergent
emergent — 形容詞
- emergentpositive
- more emergentcomparative
- most emergentsuperlative
1. beginning to form, appear, or be noticed, and still in an early stage of develop
新興的
剛形成或開始受到注意、仍在發展初期的
beginning to form, appear, or be noticed, and still in an early stage of development.
Several emergent tech companies opened new offices in Nairobi over the past two years.
過去兩年裡，好幾家新興科技公司在 Nairobi 開設了新辦公室。
emergent + plural noun: emergent companies / emergent industries
Anjali studies emergent diseases that have only recently appeared in tropical regions.
Anjali 研究那些最近才在熱帶地區出現的新興疾病。
The report tracks emergent trends in online shopping among teenagers across Seoul.
這份報告追蹤 Seoul 各地青少年網路購物的新興趨勢。
An emergent middle class slowly began to reshape the small coastal town's economy.
一個新興的中產階級慢慢開始重塑這座海濱小鎮的經濟。
Scientists in Lagos are watching an emergent strain of the virus spread quickly.
Lagos 的科學家正密切觀察一種快速擴散的新興病毒株。
- established
already well developed and widely accepted
- mature
fully grown or fully developed
用法筆記
Almost always used before a noun (an emergent technology, emergent markets) and rarely after 'be'. Common in business, science, and politics writing.
常見錯誤
2. (of a tree or plant) growing higher than the others nearby, so that its top stan
高聳突出的
比周圍植物或樹木更高、頂端突出的
(of a tree or plant) growing higher than the others nearby, so that its top stands above the rest.
In the rainforest, emergent trees rise far above the thick green canopy below.
在這片雨林裡，高聳突出的大樹遠遠高過下方濃密的綠色樹冠。
describing trees taller than the surrounding canopy
A single emergent oak towered over the younger trees around the village pond.
一棵高聳突出的橡樹聳立在村裡池塘旁那些較年輕的樹木之上。
Botanists measured the emergent kapok, which stood thirty metres above its neighbours.
植物學家測量了那棵高聳突出的木棉，它比周圍的樹木高出三十公尺。
These emergent palms catch the most sunlight because nothing nearby grows as high.
這些高聳突出的棕櫚樹能接收到最多陽光，因為附近沒有東西長得那麼高。
- towering
plainer everyday word for very tall, without the ecology meaning
- overtopping
technical; growing up past the plants around it
- understorey
the layer of shorter plants growing below the tallest trees
用法筆記
Used before a noun, mainly in ecology and forestry; the related phrase 'the emergent layer' names the tallest trees that break through a rainforest canopy.
3. (of a water plant) having its roots below the surface while its flowers and leav
挺水的
根在水下、莖葉與花伸出水面的水生植物
(of a water plant) having its roots below the surface while its flowers and leaves rise into the air above it.
Emergent reeds line the edge of the lake, their tips swaying in the wind.
挺水的蘆葦沿著湖邊生長，蘆葦的尖端在風中搖曳。
emergent water plants: reeds, lilies, cattails
The pond's emergent plants give frogs a dry place to rest above the water.
池塘裡的挺水植物為青蛙提供了水面上一處乾燥的歇腳地。
Camille photographed the emergent lilies whose flowers opened just above the still pond.
Camille 拍下了那些挺水的睡蓮，它們的花就開在平靜池面的上方。
Tall emergent grasses hid the nesting ducks along the muddy riverbank.
高大的挺水草叢遮住了在泥濘河岸上築巢的鴨子。
- aquatic
broader; any water plant, not only those whose tops rise above the surface
用法筆記
A technical botany term for water plants; distinguish from sense 2, which describes land trees rising above a forest rather than plants rising above water.
4. (of a quality or behaviour) that comes from how a system's many parts act togeth
湧現的
由系統各部分互動產生、非單一部分具有的
(of a quality or behaviour) that comes from how a system's many parts act together, not from any one part by itself.
Consciousness may be an emergent property of billions of nerve cells working together.
意識也許是數十億個神經細胞共同運作所湧現出的一種特性。
emergent property / behaviour of a complex system
Traffic jams are an emergent effect of many drivers all making small choices.
塞車是許多駕駛各自做出小小選擇後湧現出的整體結果。
The flock's shifting shape is emergent, not planned by any single bird.
鳥群不斷變化的形狀是湧現出來的，並非任何單一一隻鳥所安排。
Engineers found that the robot's odd behaviour was emergent, arising from simple rules.
工程師發現這個機器人的奇怪行為是湧現出來的，源自幾條簡單的規則。
- arising
plainer; does not stress that the quality comes from the whole system
- reducible
fully explainable from the separate parts on their own
用法筆記
Collocates strongly with 'property', 'behaviour', and 'phenomenon', and is used both before a noun and after 'be'. Central to science, philosophy, and computing.
5. needing fast medical care or other action right away because of a sudden serious
緊急的
需立即處理的（北美醫療用語）
needing fast medical care or other action right away because of a sudden serious situation.
The American hospital sent the bleeding patient straight to the emergent care unit.
那家美國醫院把這名流血的病人直接送進了緊急照護病房。
American medical use: emergent care / emergent surgery
Doctors classed the crash victim's injuries as emergent and operated within minutes.
醫師將這名車禍傷者的傷勢列為緊急，並在幾分鐘內動了手術。
An emergent case of heart failure pushed the routine appointments back an hour.
一起緊急的心臟衰竭病例，使原本例行的門診往後延了一個小時。
Selim, a paramedic in Chicago, treats emergent cases almost every single night.
Selim 是 Chicago 的一名救護員，他幾乎每天晚上都在處理緊急病例。
用法筆記
Chiefly North American and medical, contrasting with 'elective' (planned) care; outside that field, British and general English prefer 'emergency' as the modifier.
常見錯誤
emergent — 名詞
1. a thing that is just beginning to appear, form, or develop.
新興事物
剛開始出現或發展的事物
a thing that is just beginning to appear, form, or develop.
Tech reporters love spotting the next emergent before the rest of the market does.
科技記者最愛在市場上其他人之前，搶先發現下一個新興事物。
countable noun: an emergent = a newly appearing thing
Among the city's many start-ups, the investors backed only the strongest emergents.
在這座城市眾多的新創公司中，投資人只支持了最強的那些新興事物。
Historians often call the printing press an emergent that slowly reshaped all of Europe.
歷史學家常把印刷機稱為一項慢慢重塑了整個 Europe 的新興事物。
Every great industry was once an emergent that older companies chose to ignore.
每個偉大的產業都曾是一個被老牌公司選擇忽視的新興事物。
- incumbent
the established player already holding the position
用法筆記
A general countable use meaning a newly appearing thing; far rarer than the adjective, and mostly found in business, technology, and academic writing.
2. a tree whose crown grows higher than the main level of the forest around it.
突出樹
高出周圍森林樹冠層的喬木
a tree whose crown grows higher than the main level of the forest around it.
From the canopy walkway, Hari counted five emergents rising above the rainforest.
從樹冠步道上，Hari 數出有五棵突出樹高過整片雨林。
ecology: an emergent = a tree rising above the canopy
The tallest emergent in the reserve gives eagles a clear view across the valley.
保護區裡最高的那棵突出樹，讓老鷹能清楚望見整座山谷。
Loggers had already cut down most of the ancient emergents near the river.
伐木工人已經砍倒了河邊大部分古老的突出樹。
Each emergent towers over the canopy, catching wind and sunlight the lower trees miss.
每一棵突出樹都高聳於樹冠之上，接收到下層樹木接收不到的風與陽光。
- overstorey
the top layer of the tallest trees, taken as a whole
- understorey
the shorter trees and plants growing beneath the tallest ones
用法筆記
An ecology term for a single tree that breaks above the forest canopy; distinguish from sense 3, which is a water plant rather than a forest tree.
3. a marsh or pond plant that is rooted underwater but holds its stems and leaves a
挺水植物
莖葉伸出水面的水生植物
a marsh or pond plant that is rooted underwater but holds its stems and leaves above the surface.
Ducks build their nests among the emergents at the shallow end of the lake.
鴨子在湖泊較淺的那一端、挺水植物之間築起牠們的巢。
botany: an emergent = a plant rising out of the water
The biologist counted dozens of emergents poking through the calm marsh water.
這位生物學家數出有數十株挺水植物冒出平靜的沼澤水面。
Reeds and cattails are the most common emergents around the quiet village pond.
蘆葦和香蒲是寧靜的村裡池塘周圍最常見的挺水植物。
Kwame waded out to collect an emergent whose white flowers floated above the surface.
Kwame 涉水而出，去採集一株白花浮在水面上方的挺水植物。
- helophyte
technical botany term for a marsh plant rooted under water
- submergent
a plant that stays entirely below the water surface
用法筆記
A botany term for a marsh or pond plant rooted under water with its top in the air; distinguish from sense 2, the forest tree.