practice英 [ˈpræktɪs] 美 [ˈpræktɪs]
n. 练习；实践；（医生或律师的）业务；惯例
vi. 实行；惯常地进行；练习；实习
vt. 实行，实践；执业；练习；惯常地进行
实践； 练习； 实务； 实习
复数：practices
过去式：practiced
过去分词：practiced
现在分词：practicing
第三人称单数：practices
(1)通常做法；常规；惯例
You can refer to something that people do regularly as a practice .
Some firms have cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany.
.. 一些公司把工人薪水减至低于合同规定的水平，这种做法在德国是非法的。
Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.
戈登·布朗已要求对银行的惯例做法进行公开调查。
(2) 练习；训练 Practice means doing something regularly in order to be able to do it better. A practice is one of these periods of doing something.
She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day...
她每天都带3个女儿进行篮球训练。
...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训练
The defending world racing champion recorded the fastest time in a final practice today.
世界赛车卫冕冠军在今天最后的训练中创下了最快的纪录。
(3)（医生或律师的）业务活动，工作；宗教活动 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.
.the practice of internal medicine..
. 内科业务
I eventually realized I had to change my attitude toward medical practice.
我终于认识到自己不得不改变对医务工作的看法。
...a law guaranteeing the people freedom of conscience and religious practice.
保证人们信仰自由和宗教活动自由的法律
(4）诊所；律师事务所
A doctor's or lawyer's practice is his or her business, often shared with other doctors or lawyers.
The new doctor's practice was miles away from where I lived...
新开的诊所离我住的地方有几英里远。
My law practice isn't the most important thing in my life, you know.
你知道，我的律师事务所不是我生活里最重要的事情。
Usage Note :
Take care not to confuse practice and practise.
注意不要混淆practice和practise。
（5）短语事实上；实际上
What happens in practice is what actually happens, in contrast to what is supposed to happen.
the difference between foreign policy as presented to the public and foreign policy in actual practice...
公布于众的外交政策和实际外交政策的区别
In practice, workers do not work to satisfy their needs.
事实上，工人工作并不是为了满足本身的需要。
（6）短语惯例；常规；一般做法
If something such as a procedure is normal practice or standard practice, it is the usual thing that is done in a particular situation.
It is normal practice not to reveal details of a patient's condition...
不透露患者病情的细节是惯常的做法。
The transcript is full of codewords, which is standard practice in any army.
抄本上全是密码，这种做法是所有军队的惯例。
（7）疏于练习；荒疏；荒废
If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
How's your German?' — 'Not bad, but I'm out of practice.' “
你的德语如何？”——“还行，只是长时间没练习了。
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（8）短语熟能生巧
If you say 'practice makes perfect ', you mean that it is possible to learn something or develop a skill if you practise enough. People often say this to encourage someone to keep practising.
（9） 短语实施；实行；实践
If you put a belief or method into practice, you behave or act in accordance with it.
Now that he is back, the prime minister has another chance to put his new ideas into practice...
既然首相又掌权了，他就重新有机会实施他的新想法。
We weren't allowed to put into practice in our daily lives the teachings we received.
我们不能够将所受的教义在日常生活中付诸实践。
drill, exercise, practice, training, discipline
这些名词都有“练习，训练，锻炼”之意。
drill： 侧重进行有系统的，严格和重复的练习。
exercise： 主要指为强壮体魄而进行的锻炼，也可指进行练习以保持已经获得的技巧。
practice： 指把所学的理论或知识用于实践以获得技艺与技巧。
training： 普通用词，泛指为从事某种职业而进行的身体或智力方面的训练。
discipline： 既可指训练又可指为达到某种熟练程度而进行的约束。
habit, custom, manners, usage, practice, convention, tradition
这些名词均含有“习惯，风俗，传统”之意。
habit： 侧重于自然养成的，不易去掉的个人习惯。
custom： 指一个国家、一个民族、一个地区或一个社会的习惯、行为方式或风俗习惯。也可指个人的习惯。
manners： 指在某一时期或某一团体中盛行的社会礼仪或社会风俗模式。
usage： 指持续时间长，为很多人公认采纳的惯例、习俗。
practice： 常指习惯性的做法或行为。
convention： 多指约定俗成的行为方式规则或公认的标准，或指艺术上公认的技巧。
tradition： 广义指世代相传的伦理、行为规范和生活方式，特指因长久奉行而几乎具有法律效力的习惯、习俗，侧重历史意义。
1.His hands were rough and calloused, from years of karate practice.
由于多年练习空手道，他的双手粗糙不平，布满老茧。
2. The ministers expressed dismay at the continued practice of ethnic cleansing.
部长们表达了对持续进行的种族清洗的忧虑。
3. In practice a graduate tax is an administrative nightmare.
毕业税具体操作起来不啻一场行政噩梦。
4. Educational practice is liable to sudden swings and changes.
教学实践中经常会出现突然的变化与改革。
5. All members of the association adhere to a strict code of practice.
协会的所有成员都遵守一套严格的行为规范。
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