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单词 practical
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practicaladjective

uk/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/

practical adjective (EXPERIENCE)

B2 relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas or imagination:

Qualifications are important but practical experience is always a plus.
The service offers young people practical advice on finding a job.
What's the use of theoretical knowledge that has no practical application?
for all practical purposes

in fact:

Dr Frampton is in charge, but for all practical purposes, her assistant runs the office.

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  • It's all very well knowing things in theory but what you need to gain is practical experience.
  • So how does this theory translate into practical policy?
  • Greater emphasis is given to practical tests rather than written work.
  • We offer practical help for people with disabilities.
  • There are various practical problems that we need to overcome.

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Experiencing and suffering

  • afflict
  • affliction
  • almost/nearly die of sth idiom
  • be a martyr to sth idiom
  • be a victim of your own success idiom
  • be devoured by sth idiom
  • get the short end of the stick idiom
  • get/have your fingers burned idiom
  • go through sth
  • grip
  • hands-on
  • hold
  • ride
  • sample
  • seat
  • sense
  • undergo
  • underwent
  • ups and downs
  • writhe

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True, real, false, and unreal

practical adjective (SUITABLE)

C1 suitable for the situation in which something is used:

I tend to wear clothes that are practical rather than fashionable.
Heavy boots aren't very practical for running.
Opposite
impractical

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Suitable and acceptable

  • able
  • acceptable
  • accepted
  • accordingly
  • age-appropriate
  • correct
  • doctor
  • felicitous
  • fit in
  • fit in with sth
  • fitting
  • germane
  • horse
  • keeping
  • rightly
  • satisfaction
  • seasonable
  • seemly
  • sit right/well (with sb) idiom
  • valid

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practical adjective (EFFECTIVE)

C2 approving able to provide effective solutions to problems:

She has lots of interesting ideas, but they're not very practical.
We need someone practical who can cope with a crisis.
Opposite
impractical

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Wise and sensible

  • an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
  • be a victory for common sense idiom
  • canny
  • discerning
  • discriminating
  • far-sighted
  • gnomic
  • neatly
  • no flies on sb idiom
  • no-nonsense
  • out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
  • perspective
  • responsible
  • right-minded
  • sagacious
  • sage
  • savoir-faire
  • wisdom
  • wise
  • wisely

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practical adjective (POSSIBLE)

C1 able to be done or put into action:

[ + to infinitive ] It's simply not practical to divide the work between so many people.
Opposite
impractical

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Achievable

  • -ible
  • able
  • achievable
  • attainable
  • doable
  • enabled
  • feasibility
  • feasibility study
  • feasible
  • humanly
  • manageable
  • may
  • might
  • poss
  • possible
  • practicable
  • practicality
  • reach
  • running
  • viable

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practicalnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/

a class or exam in a scientific or technical subject in which students do things rather than just write or talk about them:

We had to dissect a worm and a frog in our biology practical today.

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Exams, tests & exercises

  • achievement test
  • AP
  • cloze test
  • comprehension
  • entrance exam
  • exercise
  • flunk
  • IB
  • IELTS
  • invigilate
  • mock
  • oral
  • prelim
  • resat
  • resit
  • road test
  • script
  • sit
  • TOEFL
  • trial

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