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prac·tice /ˈpræktɪs/ ●●● S2 W1 noun   → practise
1  a skill 技能 [countableC, uncountableU] when you do a particular thing, often regularly, in order to improve your skill at it 练习
 It takes hours of practice to learn to play the guitar.
学习弹吉他需要长时间的练习。
 With a little more practice you should be able to pass your test.
稍微再练一练，你应该能通过考试了。
 We have choir practice on Tuesday evening.
星期二晚上我们要练习合唱。
in practice for something
 Schumacher crashed out in practice for the Australian grand prix.
舒马赫在澳大利亚大奖赛练习赛中因撞车退出比赛。
football/rugby/basketball etc practice
 John’s at baseball practice.
约翰正在进行棒球训练。
In British English, the verb is always spelled practise (see separate entry). In American English, both noun and verb are spelled practice.
在英国英语中，动词始终拼写为 practise（见单独词条）。 在美国英语中，名词和动词都拼写为 practice。
2  in practice used when saying what really happens rather than what should happen or what people think happens 实际上；在实践中
 In practice women receive much lower wages than their male colleagues.
实际上女性所得的工资比她们的男同事低得多。
 The journey should only take about 30 minutes, but in practice it usually takes more like an hour.
这段路程应该只需约30分钟，不过实际上常常要1小时左右。
Examples from the Corpus
in practice• In practice, the city's transportation system is very inefficient.• Teenagers are not allowed to drink in bars, but in practice they often do.• The law seemed like a good idea in theory, but in practice it has proved far too expensive.• Economic predictions are highly theoretical. It's what they mean in practice that is important.
3  STH done often 经常做的事 [countableC, uncountableU]WAY/MANNER something that people do often, especially a particular way of doing something or a social or religious custom 惯常做法，惯例；习俗
 religious beliefs and practices
宗教信仰和习俗
 dangerous working practices
危险的工作方法
the practice of doing something
 the practice of dumping waste into the sea
倾倒废弃物入海的做法
► see thesaurus at habit
4  doctor/lawyer 医生/律师 [countableC]BBC the work of a doctor or lawyer, or the place where they work 〔医生或律师的〕业务；诊所；律师事务所
medical/legal practice
 Mary Beth had a busy legal practice in Los Angeles.
玛丽·贝丝在洛杉矶有一家业务繁忙的律师事务所。
→ general practice, private practice
5  be common/standard/normal practice USUALLYto be the usual and accepted way of doing something 是普遍/例行/正常的做法
 It’s common practice in many countries for pupils to repeat a year if their grades are low.
学生如果成绩不好就重读一年，这是许多国家的普遍做法。
 It’s standard practice to seek parents’ permission wherever possible.
例行的做法是凡事都要尽可能征求父母的同意。
Examples from the Corpus
be common/standard/normal practice• Whatever the circumstances, it is standard practice in embryo transfer to introduce several embryos at a time.• It is normal practice for the definitive sale and purchase agreement to be drafted by the acquirer's solicitors.• It is normal practice for the heads to specify that each party will be responsible for the costs of its own advisers.• It is normal practice for the purchaser to order a survey for two reasons.• It is normal practice for the vendor to disclose various documents to the purchaser as part of the disclosure exercise.• The first is the wide variation in specification and finish that are standard practice in the motor industry.• Motorcycles would be kept out by barriers at each end - this is normal practice for cycle/pedestrian paths.• This is standard practice, but such an event is unlikely.
6  good/best/bad practice WAY/METHODan example of a good or bad way of doing something, especially in a particular job 〔尤指某一工作中〕良好的/最好的/不好的做法
 It’s not considered good practice to reveal clients’ names.
泄露客户姓名被认为是不好的做法。
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good/best/bad practice• This week, for example, the permanent secretaries of all government departments will meet to discuss best practice in procurement.• There is a danger in the search for good practice of looking only at those schools with good academic records.• Carlesimo said Tuesday, adding that Marshall had just put in his best practice of camp.• It is good practice to make a note of the client's telephone number on the file.• An annex citing examples of good practice would also be helpful.• Supporters of those with special needs should be exemplars of such good practice.• These premises are often inadequate to support good practice.• The good practice presented in Table 2 and Appendix 3 addresses many of the factors important to the control of risk.
7  put something into practice DOif you put an idea, plan etc into practice, you start to use it and see if it is effective 把某事付诸实施
 It gave him the chance to put his ideas into practice.
这使他有机会把自己的想法付诸实施。
Examples from the Corpus
put something into practice• Let's hope some of our little fire raisers don't manage to get there and put the ad into practice.• A lot of these modern theories about teaching sound really good until you actually try and put them into practice.• New safety guidelines for factory workers will be put into practice next month.• Last week appeared to be the point at which he put the promise into practice.• Make a habit of putting your AH-HAs into practice as soon as possible alter reading them.• But he came gradually to see its viability and to contemplate ways of putting it into practice.• Jeremy Taylor is some one who can afford to put his principles into practice.• The next step is to put them into practice.• Trials Lack of resources to put your visions into practice.• The office has been slow to put the new proposals into practice.• While the federal policy shift began a decade ago, forest managers have been slow to put it into practice.
8. be out of practice PRACTISE/PRACTICEto have not done something for a long time, so that you are not able to do it well 荒废，生疏
Examples from the Corpus
be out of practice• I'd love to play tennis with you, but I'm really out of practice.• Sam said he's a little out of practice, but he'll play if we need him.
9. practice makes perfect GOOD ATused to say that if you do an activity regularly, you will become very good at it 熟能生巧
Examples from the Corpus
practice makes perfect• Finally, Mr Shapiro points out, practice makes perfect.• Whatever caulk you use, remember that practice makes perfect.
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
do practice
Have you done your piano practice?
take practice American EnglishAmE (=do practice)
If he’d done badly, he’d go out and take extra batting practice.
have some/more etc practice (=do practice)
I’m not a very good dancer. I haven’t had enough practice.
get some practice
You must get as much practice as possible before the competition.
need practice
She needs more practice.
something takes practice (=you can only learn to do it well by practising)
Writing well takes practice.
NOUN + practice
football/basketball etc practice
Dale was at football practice.
piano/cello etc practice
I’ve got to do my cello practice.
batting/catching etc practice
We'd better do a bit of batting practice before the game.
choir practice
There's choir practice on Tuesday evening.
band practice
Have you got band practice tonight?
target practice (=practice shooting at something)
The area is used by the army for target practice.
teaching practice
You have to do three months of teaching practice before you qualify.
Examples from the Corpus
practice• the religious beliefs and practices of Hindus• Are you going to choir practice?• He earned this disputable title by his thoughtful approach to critical issues and the undeniable distinction of his critical practice.• This approach flies in the face of established practice.• I scored two goals at hockey practice tonight.• Secondly, while it wishes pupils to experience freedom, in practice it is easy for the teacher to determine the structure.• In practice, the student will necessarily miss some continuity because of days off and night duty.• Beyond that, everything else is essentially a context-specific attempt to put those few universal principles into practice.• You're getting better - you just need a little more practice.• There are only three more practices before the concert.• Doctors want to educate teenagers about unsafe sexual practices.• soccer practice• I try and get some practice in before classes.• One has to distinguish between the individual and the practice.• Stark said as we stood on the practice putting green of the Crieff Golf Club.• During the summer, the team has two practices a day.
football/rugby/basketball etc practice• One day during basketball practice, she approached him.• The student was beaten outside the cafeteria while using the phone after a junior varsity football practice.
the practice of doing something• It took me a while to adjust to the practice of eating with my bare hands.• A characteristic development in the boroughs was the practice of incorporation.• However, the practice of accounting is not, and probably can not be, objective in this sense.• It is his achievement to have related the medieval science of vision to the practice of sculpture and painting.• Similarly, the practice of global politics requires reform.• The Development Plans Project commends the practice of senior staff showing interest, making themselves accessible and joining meetings.• The rhetoric of socialism claims to enhance rights, but the practice of socialism invariably extinguishes and restricts peoples' rights.• To introduce the students to the practice of nursing. 2.• Under Anne, High Churchmen became preoccupied with trying to eradicate the practice of occasional conformity.
medical/legal practice• I am now looking forward to applying this experience in the context of a legal practice.• That pattern changes gradually as medical practice and fashions change and as public demand changes.• This duty to disclose is not limited by medical practice, it is set by law.• The first exposes the limitations of modern medical practice, often exposing its claims to scientific status as dubious.• The Moniz medical practice was disrupted by demonstrators opposed to psychosurgery.• That question asks us to change our focus and consider our legal practice not in cross-section but over some stretch of time.• It is standard medical practice here not to tell the patient about potentially fatal illnesses, especially cancer.• Mitchelson has a successful medical practice in L.A.• Bill padding has become so endemic to legal practice that it is generally regarded as a joke.
From Longman Business Dictionary
practiceprac·tice /ˈpræktɪs/ noun
1[uncountableU] the work done by a particular profession, especially lawyers or doctors who are working for themselves rather than a public organization
Mr. Barr returned to private law practice in the mid-1990s.
She was formerly a staff attorney for a charity and is nowin practice in Washington.
He left to go into private practice.
2[countableC] the business or place of work of a doctor, lawyer etc, or a group of doctors, lawyers etc
the problems of small accountancy practices
They were partners in a general medical practice in central London.
→ general practice
3[countableC, uncountableU] the way people do a particular job, activity etc, especially one which is done often
Japanese management practices
It was normal practice for hotels to require confirmation in writing.
practice of
What will happen if the big banks continue their practice of closing smaller branches?
→ custom and practice → sharp practice
4good/best practice a good example of how something should be done
The Code reflects what the City considers to be best practice in the conduct of takeovers.
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