英语词汇“practicable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Something that is practicable is something that can be reasonably done. Look at the word within the word, practice, plus the suffix -able, and you have something that is able to be put into practice, or practicable.

Practicable is an adjective built from the word practice and can thus be traced to the Medieval Latin verb practicare and the Medieval French pratiquer, both of which meant "to practice." With the addition of a "c" to remind us of "practice," the French praticable, "able to be put into practice," became the English practicable.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

practical / practicable

Choosing between practical ("sensible") and practicable ("possible") often depends on context.

Quiz time! Choose your words:

Luxury gifts are out this Christmas – with practical/practicable presents now topping most people's wish lists.

Health Amendment Act 2007 required councils to take all practical/practicable steps to ensure drinking water complied with drinking water standards.

The Torah contains 613 commandments, many of which we call ritual because they don't fulfill a practical/practicable or moral purpose.

In the first sentence, the presents on people's wish lists are sensible or reasonable. They're practical. Here's another example:

The problem with personal budgets is practical, not ideological.

The second sentence refers to steps that can actually be put into practice, steps that are achievable. They're practicable:

He failed to take all practicable steps to ensure his actions did not cause harm to any other persons.

‎The third quiz sentence talks about three types of commandments: those concerned with religious ceremonies (ritual), those concerned with a sense of right and wrong (moral), and those concerned with things able to be put to use. That last group was labeled practical in the original sentence. But if those commandments, such as returning lost objects, are ones that we can put into use, aren't they also practicable, commandments that are feasible? In a word: sometimes. Context can be everything.

When faced with a choice between practical and practicable, look at the context around the word. Do you mean to say that a thing is sensible? Choose practical. Do you want to say it is possible? Choose practicable. Out of context, sometimes either word will do.

WORD FAMILY

practicable: impracticable, practicability, practicableness, practicably+/impracticability: impracticabilities/impracticable: impracticability, impracticableness, impracticably/impractical: impracticality, impractically/impracticality: impracticalities/practicability: practicabilities/practical: impractical, practicality, practically/practicality: practicalities/practice: practicable, practical, practiced, practices, practicing/practiced: unpracticed

USAGE EXAMPLES

It also says the winning applicants should be dispersed across the country “to the maximum extent practicable.”

Science Magazine(Dec 29, 2016)

Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption.

Salon(Dec 11, 2016)

Making data-return practicable might require building technical systems such as secure web interfaces.

Nature(Oct 31, 2016)

1adj capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

Syn

executable, feasible, viable, workable
possible

capable of happening or existing

2adj usable for a specific purpose

a practicable solution

Syn

operable
practical

concerned with actual use or practice

单词	practicable
释义	practicable (once / 499 pages) adj Something that is practicable is something that can be reasonably done. Look at the word within the word, practice, plus the suffix -able, and you have something that is able to be put into practice, or practicable. Practicable is an adjective built from the word practice and can thus be traced to the Medieval Latin verb practicare and the Medieval French pratiquer, both of which meant "to practice." With the addition of a "c" to remind us of "practice," the French praticable, "able to be put into practice," became the English practicable. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS practical / practicable Choosing between practical ("sensible") and practicable ("possible") often depends on context. Quiz time! Choose your words: Luxury gifts are out this Christmas – with practical/practicable presents now topping most people's wish lists. Health Amendment Act 2007 required councils to take all practical/practicable steps to ensure drinking water complied with drinking water standards. The Torah contains 613 commandments, many of which we call ritual because they don't fulfill a practical/practicable or moral purpose. In the first sentence, the presents on people's wish lists are sensible or reasonable. They're practical. Here's another example: The problem with personal budgets is practical, not ideological. The second sentence refers to steps that can actually be put into practice, steps that are achievable. They're practicable: He failed to take all practicable steps to ensure his actions did not cause harm to any other persons. ‎The third quiz sentence talks about three types of commandments: those concerned with religious ceremonies (ritual), those concerned with a sense of right and wrong (moral), and those concerned with things able to be put to use. That last group was labeled practical in the original sentence. But if those commandments, such as returning lost objects, are ones that we can put into use, aren't they also practicable, commandments that are feasible? In a word: sometimes. Context can be everything. When faced with a choice between practical and practicable, look at the context around the word. Do you mean to say that a thing is sensible? Choose practical. Do you want to say it is possible? Choose practicable. Out of context, sometimes either word will do. WORD FAMILY practicable: impracticable, practicability, practicableness, practicably+/impracticability: impracticabilities/impracticable: impracticability, impracticableness, impracticably/impractical: impracticality, impractically/impracticality: impracticalities/practicability: practicabilities/practical: impractical, practicality, practically/practicality: practicalities/practice: practicable, practical, practiced, practices, practicing/practiced: unpracticed USAGE EXAMPLES It also says the winning applicants should be dispersed across the country “to the maximum extent practicable.” Science Magazine(Dec 29, 2016) Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. Salon(Dec 11, 2016) Making data-return practicable might require building technical systems such as secure web interfaces. Nature(Oct 31, 2016) 1adj capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are Syn executable, feasible, viable, workable possible capable of happening or existing 2adj usable for a specific purpose a practicable solution Syn operable practical concerned with actual use or practice
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