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- 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。
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- 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。
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- Ecology of or denoting a plant which is taller than the surrounding vegetation, especially a tall tree in a forest【生态】（植物, 尤指森林中的大树）突出的, 露头的。
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- 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。
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- Philosophy an emergent property【哲】突创特征。
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- Ecology an emergent tree or other plant【生态】露出水面的植物; （高出林中其他树木的）露头树。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'occurring unexpectedly'）： from Latin emergent - 'arising from', from the verb emergere （see EMERGE）.