practice /ˈpræktɪs/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to something that people do regularly as a practice. 做法

  例：

  Some firms have reached agreements to cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany.

  有些公司已达成一致意见将工人的工资削减到低于合同中规定的水平，这种做法在德国是违法的。

• 2. 

  N-VAR Practice means doing something regularly in order to be able to do it better. A practice is one of these periods of doing something. 练习

  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. 

  N-UNCOUNT 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. (医疗或法律的) 业务; (宗教) 活动

  例：

  ...maintaining or improving his skills in the practice of internal medicine.

  …保持或提高他在内科医疗业务方面的技能。

  例：

  I eventually realized I had to change my attitude towards medical practice.

  我终于认识到我得改变我对医务工作的态度。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A doctor's or lawyer's practice is his or her business, often shared with other doctors or lawyers. 医生的诊所; 律师的事务所

  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。

• 5. 

  →see practise