practise 1552 |
CODE OF PRACTICE, RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES, SHARP
practice at sharp adj.{ 11)
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HABIT/CUSTOM >j M ; 3 [Cj a thing that is done
regularly;
a habit or a custom iS 'ft' ffc if] ^; X Jt®; A] fir: the German practice of giving workers a say in
how their company is run iAtf
0 It is his practice to read
several books a week.
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FOR IMPROVING SKILL 4 [U,
C] doing an activity
or
training regularly so that you can improve your skill; the time you spend doing
this i>l|^; % A3 ( Bf |h] ) : conversation practice ^ 0 It takes a lot of practice
to play the violin well. & /J\
H ^ flr ^ £ jjp A3 » 0
There’s a basketball practice every Friday evening. # M
0 She does an hour’s piano
practice every day. M # X H — X Bf ^ » —
see also
TEACHING PRACTICE
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OF DOCTOR/LAWYER ; ## 5 [U,
C] the work or the business of some professional people such as doctors,
dentists and lawyers; the place where they work ( HE
#!lf#J)Xff, X#iffe,&: the practice of
medicine ArHE 0 Students should have prior experience of
veterinary practice, f oMy
solicitor is no longer in practice.
0 a successful medical/dentalAaw
practice tMtfjffi&J’Jr / X K # Jjff / # W ^ #
#f — see also general practice,
GROUP PRACTICE, PRIVATE PRACTICE UTTH in ‘practice in reality Prisoners
have legal rights, but in practice these rights are not always
respected. 0
3EX'a ft W&f!\, XiA®
RfiJ
'S’ M ^ M o be/get/.out of ‘ practice to be/ become less good
at doing sth than you were because you have not spent time doing it recently
ItSfc; if : Don’t ask me to speak French! I’m out of practice, nj #] it & i# ft if! fSB^XMTa' .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
m verb (NAmF) = practise : to practice the piano every day A-J o The team is practicing for their big
game on Friday.
0
They practiced the dance until it was perfect. fifcf] Jx.lt
(£M, 0 She’s practicing medicine
in
practise 0"»» (BrF) [NAmE practice) /‘praektis/ verb
1
~ (for sth) | ~ (sth) (on sb/sth) to do an activity or train
regularly so that you can improve your skill i%. Al; % A3; till H: [V] You need to practise every
day. jiif
A3
o 0 She’s
practising for her piano exam. ftfe X^AJ?£iirfP<l^#i^o 0 [VN] I’ve been practising my
serve for weeks. o He usually
wants to practise his English on me. fifejfAl^E iH0 0 [V -ing] Practise reversing the car
into the garage.
>J
AX #0 2 [VN] to do sth
regularly as part of your normal behaviour ;
# J& • • • ftfj >\ IS: to practise self-restraint/safe sex g ffl f]; Xif o
Do you still practise your religion? iff ffptffif? 3 ~ (as sth) to work as a doctor,
lawyer, etc. ft ♦ ( ft#Xik3£ ) ; #lik: [V] There are over
50 000 solicitors practising in
5
7j££#!lIj]#Liko 0 She practised as a barrister for many
years.
MftllXII^lJrFXff^Xo 0 [VN] He was banned from practising medicine. ftSI ihfrE£„ ITSTTCl .practise what you
‘preach to
do the things yourself that you tell other people to do
fr; Wff—St
prac tised (BrF) (NAmE -ticed) /‘praektist/ adj. ~ (in sth) good at doing sth
because you have been doing it regularly ; % 3\ W; 1*1 ff tf): She’s only 18 but
she’s
already a practised composer. MX 18 , fg.
#
ffi M o 0 It took a practised eye to spot the difference, RXlAli0 He has good ideas but he isn’t practised
in the art of marketing, fikff
prac tis ing (BrF) (NAmE -tiring) /‘praektisirj/ adj. [only before noun]
taking an active part in a particular
religion, profession, etc.
fRMfffr ( ft#±. )
j&X
(ft; Jj? M : a practising Christian/teacher
prac
ti tion er /praek'tijanafc)/
noun 1 (technical AiH) a person who works
in a profession, especially medicine or law ( ■%% E#-#ft1*#to ) ftikAM: dental practitioners X l£ 0 a qualified practitioner ik # — see also general practitioner 2 (formal) a person who regularly
does a particular activity, especially one that requires skill ^ # ; tfl Af : one of the
greatest practitioners of science fiction MT
praesid-ium
(especially
BrF) = presidium
prag
mat ic /praeg’maetik/
adj. solving problems in a
practical and sensible way rather than by having fixed ideas or theories ^ETI71
realistic : a pragmatic approach to management
problems ► prag-mat-ical-ly
/-kli/
adv.
prag
mat ics /praeg’maetiks/
noun [u] (linguistics it W) 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 ( W£i£ g&ffi
)
prag
ma tism /'praegmatizam/
noun [u] (formal) thinking about solving
problems in a practical and sensible way rather than by having fixed ideas and
theories ►
prag-ma-tist
/-tist/
noun
prairie
/'preari;
NAmE 'preri/ noun [C, U] a flat wide area
of land in
uw-im ()
'prairie
dog noun a small brown N American
animal of the squirrel family
that lives in holes on the prairies
)
.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) Xflit 2 prairie oysters [pi.] (especially NAmF) a dish consisting of
cooked testicles from a young cow
prairie wolf noun = coyote
praise On /preiz/ noun,
verb
a noun [U] 1 (also less frequent praises [pi.]) words that show
approval of or admiration for sb/sth ^ ^
@ ® H : His teachers are full of praise for the
progress he’s making. Ati&X®XP „ 0 She wrote poems in praise of freedom. o
His latest movie has won high praise from the critics, ftfe Mo owe have nothing but praise for the way they handled
the investigation. o
The
team coach singled out two players for special praise, ffc 0 She left with their
praises ringing in her ears.
fir. O They always sing his praises (= praise him very
highly), lifef|]2
the expression of worship to God ( Jt®: hymns/
songs of praise H ^ Sfc 0 Praise be (to God)! (= expressing belief or
joy) Jf, X ^ ® H ! iTTTTTi see damn v.
■ verb [VN] 1 ~ sb/sth (for sth) |
~ sb/sth (as sth) to
express
your approval or admiration for sb/sth © % ; HT1 compliment
: She praised his
cooking. 0 He praised his team for
their performance, life Jfo
ffl f # PA Ji£ W ^ M 0
o Critics
praised the work as highly original, if
XKo
2 to express your thanks
to or your respect for God ) : Praise the Lord.
iff!
0
Allah be praised. ATHH praise sb/sth
to
the ’skies to
praise sb/sth a lot jfiJ/JEftji/
praise-worthy
/‘preizw3:di;
NAmE -W3:r5i/ adj. (formal) deserving praise fit
If ft! ; fit ^ M Bfm commendable:
a
praiseworthy achievement