It can refer to an academic subject or a practical skill.

这一词既可指某一学科也可指某种技能。

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Do you think which is more important, theory study or practical skill training for college students?

你认为对大学生来说，理论学习重要还是实践锻炼重要？

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The practical skill required for this activity is to be able to flatten a hierarchical (tree-like) structure.

此活动所需要的实际技能是能够平面化层次(树形)结构。

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I mention the names of Tolstoy Henry James and perhaps the greatest of all Jane Austen if you want to know a novelist who employs this great skill of judgment discrimination and practical reason.

我必需提到托尔斯泰,亨利？詹姆斯或者,还有最伟大的珍？奥斯汀,以上是如果你们想知道,哪一位作家援用这种伟大的判断,识别力与实际推理技能的话。

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On the contrary, procedures that rely on the statement of explicit reasons systematically exclude those individuals who are less able to engage in the articulate persuasion of majorities but who may still possess valuable knowledge embodied in the exercise of entrepreneurship, a practical skill or adherence to a particular ethical code.

FORBES: Mark Pennington on Hayek and Habermas