新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

practiceIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈpræktɪs]

[NOUN]

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NOUN. 名词

practices
1. [C 可数名词] 通常做法 , 惯例
You can refer to something that people do regularly as a practice.
近义词
custom , habit , procedure , system
双语例句
例：
Some firms have reached agreements to cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany.
一些公司已达成一致意见，将工人的工资削减至低于合同规定的水平，这种做法在德国是违法的。
例：
The prime minister demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.
首相要求对银行工作进行公开调查。
2. [C, U 有变体名词] 练习 , 训练
Practice means doing something regularly in order to be able to do it better. A practice is one of these periods of doing something.
双语例句
例：
She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day.
她那时每天带她的3个女儿去进行篮球训练。
例：
the hard practice necessary to develop from a learner to an accomplished musician.
从初学者成长为有造诣的音乐家所必需的艰苦练习。
3. [U 不可数名词] （医疗或法律的）业务 , （宗教）活动
The work done by doctors and lawyers is referred to as the practice of medicine and law. People's religious activities are referred to as the practice of a religion.
双语例句
例：
maintaining or improving his skills in the practice of internal medicine.
保持或提高他在内科治疗方面的技能。
例：
I eventually realized I had to change my attitude toward medical practice.
我终于认识到我得改变我对医务工作的态度。
4. [C 可数名词] 诊所 , 律师事务所
A doctor's or lawyer's practice is his or her business, often shared with other doctors or lawyers.
双语例句
例：
The new doctor's practice was miles away from where I lived.
那位新医生的诊所离我的住处有数英里远。

PHRASE. 习语

in practice
1. 实际上
What happens in practice is what actually happens, in contrast to what is supposed to happen.
双语例句
例：
the difference between foreign policy as presented to the public and foreign policy in actual practice.
公布于众的外交政策和实际外交政策之间的差别。
put into practice
1. 付诸实践
If you put a belief or method into practice, you behave or act in accordance with it.
双语例句
例：
Now that he is back, the mayor has another chance to put his new ideas into practice.
既然市长又掌权了，他就重新有了一次将他的新思想付诸实践的机会。