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单词 practise
释义

practiseverb

UK US practice uk/ˈpræk.tɪs/us/ˈpræk.tɪs/

practise verb (TRAINING)

A1 [ I or T ] to do or play something regularly or repeatedly in order to become skilled at it:

I'm quite good at tennis but I need to practise my serve.
She practises the violin every day.
[ + -ing verb ] His written French is very good but he needs to practise speaking it.

More examples

  • You must practise your scales every day.
  • The students paired off to practise their conversational skills.
  • People learning to fly often practise on a flight simulator.
  • Get into the habit of tuning your guitar every day before you practise.
  • Some driving teachers use computers to simulate different road conditions for learners to practise on.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Repeating an action

  • bring
  • bring sth back
  • circle
  • come/go/turn full circle idiom
  • comeback
  • do sth over
  • eye
  • iterative
  • keep on doing sth
  • keep your eye in idiom
  • performance
  • practice
  • repeat
  • revert to sth
  • revisit
  • there you go again idiom
  • warm
  • warm sth over
  • warmed-over
  • wave

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practise verb (WORK)

C1 [ I or T ] to work in an important skilled job for which a lot of training is necessary:

How long have you been practising as a dentist?
She practised medicine for 20 years.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Work, working and the workplace

  • a long way to go idiom
  • act as sth 1
  • act as sth
  • all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
  • assignment
  • cabin
  • hold down a job idiom
  • hoop
  • hot desk
  • hot-desking
  • hotelling
  • housekeeping
  • labour
  • slouch
  • spadework
  • stroke
  • sweat
  • sweat over sth
  • swing into action idiom
  • temp

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practise verb (REGULAR ACTIVITY)

[ T ] to do something regularly, often according to a custom, religion, or set of rules, or as a habit:

The new government has promised all citizens the right to practise their religion.
Practising safe sex is an important way of avoiding HIV infection.
The company denies that it has practised discrimination against any of its employees.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Repeating an action

  • bring
  • bring sth back
  • circle
  • come/go/turn full circle idiom
  • comeback
  • do sth over
  • eye
  • iterative
  • keep on doing sth
  • keep your eye in idiom
  • performance
  • practice
  • repeat
  • revert to sth
  • revisit
  • there you go again idiom
  • warm
  • warm sth over
  • warmed-over
  • wave

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Idiom(s)

practise what you preach
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