CODE OF PRACTICE, RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES, SHARP
practice at sharp adj.{l 1)
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HABIT/CUSTOM 习惯；风俗 3 [C] a thing that is done
regularly; a habit or a custom 常做的事；习惯；习
俗：the German practice of giving workers a say in how their company is am德国人在公司经营上给予工人发言
权的做法◊ ft is his practice to read severaZ
boofo a weefc. 他习惯于每周读几本书。
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FOR 丨MPROVING SKILL 提高技巧.4 [U, C] doing an
activity or training regularly so that you can improve your skill; the time you
spend doing this 训练；备习（时间 >
:
conversaricm
practice 会话练习ft tafces a Zot 〇/practice to pZay the
vioiin weM.拉好小提琴需要多加练习。◊ TTiere’s a basfcetbaM practice every
Friday evem’ng.每星 期五晚上有篮球训练。◊ She does an hour’s piano
.practice every day. 她每 天练一 小时 钢琴。 —see
also TEACHING PRACTICE
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OF DOCTOR/LAWYER 医生;■律师 5 [U,
C] the work or the business of some professional people such as doctors,
dentists and lawyers; the place where they work ( E 生、律师的）工作，业务活刼，工作地点：the practice 0/ medicine frl£ 〇 Students should have prior experience of veterinary practice.学生应有兽医工作的经验。◊ My soHdtor is no Zonger in practice.我的律师已不再氣业了。
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a success_/W medfcflU/dentcU/lawpmctice 成功的诊& / 牙医诊所/律师事务—see also general
practice, GROUP PRACTICE, PRIVATE PRACTICE
in 'practice in reality 实际上；_ 事实上：Prisoners legal rights, but
in practice these rights are not aZways respected.囚犯虽有合法的权利，但实际上这些 权利常未受到尊重。be/get/,out of卞ractice to be/ become less good
at doing sth than you were because you have not .spent time doing it recently 生疏；荒疏；
疏于练习：Don’t asfc me to speafc French/ J’m out 〇/ practice.可别让我讲法语！我已经生疏了v .practice makes
'perfect {saying) a way of encouraging
people by telling them that if you do an activity regularly and try to improve your skill,
you will .become very good at it熟能生巧
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verb [NAmE] = practise ： to practice the piano every
day
每天练勻弹钢琴◊ 7?ie team is
practicing their big
game on Friday.球队正在训练，备战星期五的重大比赛。
◊
iTiey practiced the dance imriZ it was
per/ect.他们反复
练舞，童到尽善尽美为止。◊ She’s practicing medicine fn
ac-tise
〇T» [BrE] {NAmE prac-tice) /'praektis/ verb ~ (for sth) I 〜（sth) (on sb/st.h) to do an activity or
train regularly so that you can improve your skill 练 习；实习；训练：[V] Vou need to practise
every day.你 需要每天练为。◊ She’s practising/or her piano exam. M 茬譟匀 i备褊琴考试。◊ [VN] JVe been practising my serve /or weeks.我练浃序肴.奸几周了。offe usuaHy wcmts to
practise his EngZish on me. j也通常想跟我练习矣 语。◊ [V -ing] Practise reversing
the car into the garage. 练习倒幸入车库。2 [VN] to do sth regularly
as part of your normal behaviour^ 常做；养成…的习‘彘：to
prac- tise sd/-restraim/sa/e sex培荞i _力；实行幸全性行为◊ Do you stiH practise your rdigicm?你还奉行你的宗教信
仰.呜.？ 3 〜（as sth) to work
as a doctor, lawyer, etc.从 事（医务工fk法_专业等）；执业：[v] TTiere are over 50
000 solicitors practising in EngZand and Wdes.英格 兰和威尔士共有5万多名律师执业。◊ She practised as a barrister /or many years.她从事til庭律师工作多年。◊ [VN] He was banned 介om practising medfcfne.他被禁 止行医。fnroi .practise what you
'preach to
do the things yourself tiiat you tell other people to do 身体力 行；躬行所言；言行一致
prac.tised
(8r£) -ticed) /'praektist/ ⑽•〜（in sth)
good
at doing sth because you have been doing it regu- larly熟练的；老到的；内行的：She’s only 18 but she’s aZready a practised
composer.她才 18
岁，但已成了老练
的作曲家。◊ toofc a practised ^ye to spot the d(jfer- encg.只有内行人才能看出其中的差异。◊ He has good ideas but he isn't practised in the art of
marketing. ftfeW 好的构想，但推销技巧却嫌生嫩。
prac-ti$-ing (8r£) [NAmE -ticing) /'praektisirj/ adj. [only before noun]
taking an active part in a particular
religion，profession, etc•积极履行（信仰上、专业上等）
义务的；無心的；虔诚的：a practising
Christian/teacher 热心的基督徒/教师
prac.ti.tion.er /praek’tij^n3(r)/ now/? 1
(fedjmo?/
术语）a person who works in a profession, especially
medicine or law (尤指医学或法律界的）从业人员：dentd pracrirtoners 牙医◊ a quah/i'ed
practitioner 执业者 —see also general practitioner 2 (formal) a person who regularly
does a particular activity, especially one that requires skill 习艺者；专门人；fone of the greatest practitioners 0/science Action 最了 不起的科幻小 说家之一
prae-sid-ium [especially Br£) = presidium
prag-mat-ic
/praeg'maetik/
adj. solving problems in a
practical and sensible way rather than by having fixed ideas or theories实用的；讲求实效的；务实的033 realistic
： a
pragmatic approach to management proWems对管理|奇题采取的务实做法►
prag.mat.ic.al.ly /-Mil adv.
prag.mat.ics /praeg’maetiks/ noun [U]
(//>?gw/s"a 语言） the study of the way in which language is
used to express what sb really means in particular situations, especially when
the actual words used may appear to mean sth different语用学，语言实用学（研究语言使用 及其和语境的关系）
prag.ma.tism /攻369111伽3111/ noun
[U] think
ing about solving problems
in a practical and sensible way rather than by having fixed ideas and theories 实 用圭义；务实思想；实用观点► prag.ma.tist /-tist/ now/? prairie /'preari; NAmE 'preri/ noun [C, U] a flat wide area
of land in
'prairie dog noun a small brown N American
animal of the squirrel family
that lives in holes on the prairies
草原犬鼠（生活于北美地穴）
.prairie 'oyster noun 1 a drink containing raw
egg, used as a treatment for a hangover (=
the bad feeling sb has the day after drinking too much alcohol)生鸡蛋 醒酒汤（用手解除宿醉）2 prairie oysters [pi, cially
m noun [U] 1 (also less frequent praises [pi.]) words that show
approval of or admiration for sb/sth 赞扬；称 赞；赞美：His teachers are 办H 〇/ praise
/or the progress he’s making.老师们对他的进步赞不绝口。◊ She wrote poems in
praise 0/介eeciom.她写 _枢歌备由。◊ His latest movie has won high praise from the critics, 的最新电影得到了评论家的高度赞扬。owe have nothing but praise for the way they handled
the investi- garion.对于他们处理调查的方式我们唯有赞赏。◊ 77ie team coach singled out two players for special praise. |5c 练提出两名队员给予特别表扬。◊ She〖讲with their praises
ringing in her ears•她离开了，耳边0荡着大家的 赞美.声。〇 They always sing his praises (= praise him very
highly)•他jb 总是对他大加赞扬。2 the expression of worship to God (对上#的）颂扬，赞颂•• hymns/ son^s 0/ praise
赞美诗；颂歌◊ Praise be (to
Gocij/ 、(=expressing belief or
joy)愿主受赞美！ IM see damn v.
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verb [VN] 1 ~ sb/sth (for sth) | - sb/sth (as sth) to
express your approval or
admiration for sb/sth 表运； 赞扬；称赞 Pn?l
compliment ： She praised his coofcfng•她称赞他的烹调技术。◊ He praised his team /pr their pez/ormance.他称赞了各队员的表现。o Critics praised the work as
higWy origfnaZ.评疮秦称赞这部作品
独树一帜。2 to express your thanks
to or your respect for God 命扬，赞颂（上帝）：Praise the lord.赞||上 帝！ ◊ AZZah be praised•感谢真主！ praise sb/sth
.to the 'skies to praise sb/stli a lot 高度赞运
praise-worthy
/'preizw3：5i; NAmE -W3：rdi/ adj. (formal) deserving praise值得称赞的；值得表扬的Sd commendable
： a praiseworthy achievement 值得称颂
的成就