in the process of coming into being or becoming prominent 新兴的,兴起的 the emergent democracies of eastern Europe. 东欧的新兴民主国家。 ■(Philosophy)(of a property) arising as an effect of complex causes and not analysable simply as the sum of their effects (哲)(特征)突现的,突创的 ■(Ecology)of or denoting a plant which is taller than the surrounding vegetation, especially a tall tree in a forest (生态)(植物,尤指林中的树)突出的,露头的 ■of or denoting a water plant with leaves and flowers that appear above the water surface (水生植物)露出水面的
noun
(Philosophy)an emergent property (哲)突创特征 ■(Ecology)an emergent tree or other plant (生态)挺水植物;突出木,露头树
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'occurring unexpectedly'): from Latin emergent- 'arising from', from the verb emergere (see emerge)