Unfortunately, there’s no practical alternative to driving.
遗憾的是,除了开车没有其他可行的方案。
a practical guide to buying and selling a house
房屋买卖的实用指南
3clear thinking 清晰的思维SENSIBLE a practical person is good at dealing with problems and making decisionsbased on what is possible and what will really work 〔人〕注重实际的,务实的OPP impractical
She’s a very practical person.
她是个很务实的人。
I was very shocked, but tried to be practical and think what to do.
5using your hands 动手GOOD AT good at repairing or making things 心灵手巧的
I’m not very practical – I can’t even change a light bulb.
我动手能力不强,连灯泡都不会换。
6for/to all practical purposesALMOSTused to say what the real effect of a situation is 实际上,事实上
The time you spend on it doesn’t, for all practical purposes, affect the final result.
你花在那上面的时间实际上对最终的结果并不起作用。
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for/to all practical purposes• The editdisplayscreen can only be used, for all practical purposes, for cutting and pasting.• Indeed for all practical purposes he owned us.• Most of the 54 storiesreproduced here, even the previously published ones, were, for all practical purposes, lost.• Computerizedfreelanguageindexing is, for all practical purposes, the same as natural language indexing.• Yet for all practical purposes, Windows was Macintosh.• But, for all practical purposes you can say that a windangle of 60° produces maximumdrift.
7practical certainty/disaster/sell-out etcALMOSTsomething that is almost certain, almost a disaster etc 几乎确定无疑/是灾难/满座等
Sampras looks a practical certainty to win Wimbledon this year.
桑普拉斯打赢今年的温布尔登网球锦标赛看来是十拿九稳的。
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practical certainty/disaster/sell-out etc• It was a practical certainty that he would be trying to raise more loans long before these were ever repaid.
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nouns
practical experience
You have to gain practical experience before you qualify as a solicitor.
practical work
Archaeology students are required to do a certain amount of practical work.
practical problems/difficulties
The local Social Services Department may be able to help with practical problems.
British EnglishBrESECSESEXAM/TEST a lesson or examination in science, cooking etc in which you have to do or make something yourself rather than write or read about it 〔科学、烹饪等的〕实验[实践]课;实验[实践]考试
practical• We've got our chemistrypracticaltomorrow morning.• For example, in electronicspracticals there used to be a large number of boys who'd done electronics at school.• The number of hours spent in lectures, tutorials or practicalsvaries for each individual.• We got on with the practicals while the staff held a meeting to discuss how to control the epidemic.
Originpractical
(1500-1600)Late Latinpracticus, from Greekpraktikos, from prassein“to do”
(BrE) ADJECTIVE | VERB + PRACTICALADJECTIVE➤chemistry, physics, etc.化學、物理等實驗課➤laboratory實驗室VERB + PRACTICAL➤sit, take參加實驗課考試▸➤fail, pass實驗課考試不及格;通過實驗課考試◇I passed the written exam but failed the practical.我通過了筆試,但是實驗課考試不及格。practical
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VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, prove, seem, sound實用;證明實用;好像切合實際;聽起來切合實際▸➤become, get變得實用◇It's time to get practical!該實際些了!➤make sth使⋯實用◇a feature that makes the system more practical使系統更實用的特性➤do sth做實事◇I'll do something practical now and answer some mail.現在我要做些實實在在的事,回覆一些郵件。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常實用◇She always adopted a very practical tone.她總是採用一種很實際的口吻。➤eminently, highly, intensely極其實用;非常實用▸➤entirely, purely, strictly完全切合實際◇For entirely practical reasons, children are not invited.沒有邀請孩子們完全是出於實際的考慮。➤hardly幾乎不切合實際
practical noun ⇨test2practical adj. ⇨practical (practical experience)⇨possible1 (a practical solution)⇨realistic1 (Let's be practical.)⇨useful (practical shoes/clothing)practical
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practical ♦︎ experimental ♦︎ empirical ♦︎ applied ♦︎ hands-onThese words all describe things that are connected with real situations rather than with ideas or theories.这些词均表示实际的、真实的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆practical / experimental / empirical / applied knowledge◆practical / hands-on experience◆a practical / an experimental / an empirical investigation◆experimental / empirical evidence / research■practicalconnected with real situations rather than with ideas or theories实际的;真实的◆practical advice / help / support切实的忠告/帮助/支持◆practical problems / difficulties实际问题/困难◆There are some obvious practical applications of the research.显而易见,这项研究有一些实际用处。◆In practical terms, it means spending less.具体点说,那意味着少花些钱。◆From a practical point of view, it isn't a good place to live.实际一点看,这里不是理想的住处。OPPtheoretical ⇨ intellectual1■experimentalconnected with scientific experiments科学实验的◆experimental conditions / methods / data实验条件/方法/数据◆experimental physics实验物理学OPPtheoretical ⇨ intellectual1■empirical ɪmˈpɪrɪkl [usually before noun] (formal) based on experiments or experience rather than ideas or theories以实验(或经验)为依据的;经验主义的◆an empirical study of children's language关于儿童语言的一个经验性研究■applied [usually before noun] (especially of a subject of study) used in a practical way(尤指学科)应用性的,实用的◆applied mathematics(= as used by engineers, etc.)应用数学OPPpureⓘ Pure describes subjects that people study to increase their knowledge of the subject, rather than in order to use that knowledge in a practical way. * pure形容学科时指旨在增加学科知识的纯理论性研究,不以知识的实际应用为目的◆technology as opposed to pure science subjects与纯科学学科相对的技术■ˌhands-ˈon [usually before noun] (ratherinformal) doing sth rather than just talking about it动手的;实际操作的◆hands-on computer training计算机操作培训◆You will need to gain hands-on experience of industry.你需要掌握生产制造的实际经验。