| 单词 | practice |
| 释义 | practice —practicer, n. /prak"tis/, n. , v. , practiced, practicing. n. 1. habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice. 2. habit; custom: It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair. 3. repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency: Practice makes perfect. 4. condition arrived at by experience or exercise: She refused to play the piano, because she was out of practice. 5. the action or process of performing or doing something: to put a scheme into practice; the shameful practices of a blackmailer. 6. the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, esp. law or medicine: She plans to set up practice in her hometown. 7. the business of a professional person: The doctor wanted his daughter to take over his practice when he retired. 8. Law. the established method of conducting legal proceedings. 9. Archaic. plotting; intrigue; trickery. 10. Usually, practices. Archaic. intrigues; plots. v.t. 11. to perform or do habitually or usually: to practice a strict regimen. 12. to follow or observe habitually or customarily: to practice one's religion. 13. to exercise or pursue as a profession, art, or occupation: to practice law. 14. to perform or do repeatedly in order to acquire skill or proficiency: to practice the violin. 15. to train or drill (a person, animal, etc.) in something in order to give proficiency. v.i. 16. to do something habitually or as a practice. 17. to pursue a profession, esp. law or medicine. 18. to exercise oneself by repeated performance in order to acquire skill: to practice at shooting. 19. Archaic. to plot or conspire. Also, Brit., practise (for defs. 11-19). [1375-1425; (v.) late ME practisen, practizen ( < MF pra(c)tiser) < ML practizare, alter. of practicare, deriv. of practica practical work < Gk praktiké n. use of fem. of praktikós PRACTIC; see -IZE; (n.) late ME, deriv. of the v.] Syn. 2. See custom. 3. application. See exercise. |
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