[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]讲求实效的;实用的;务实的 A pragmatic way of dealing with something is based on practical considerations, rather than theoretical ones. A pragmatic person deals with things in a practical way.
[usu ADJ n]
Robin took a pragmatic look at her situation.
罗宾实际地考虑了一下她的处境。
...a pragmatic approach to the problems faced by Latin America.
针对拉美面临问题的切实的解决办法
pragmatically
'I can't ever see us doing anything else,' states Brian pragmatically...
布赖恩非常实际地说道:“我想象不出我们还能做些其他什么事。”
Pragmatically, MTV's survival depends on selling the youth market to advertisers.
从务实角度来说,音乐电视网的生存依赖于把年轻人市场卖给广告商。
Oxford
prag·mat·ic/præɡˈmætɪk; NAmEpræɡˈmætɪk/adjectivesolving problems in a practical and sensible way rather than by having fixed ideas or theories 实用的;讲求实效的;务实的SYN
realistic
◆a pragmatic approach to management problems对管理问题采取的务实做法▶prag·mat·ic·al·ly/præɡˈmætɪkli; NAmEpræɡˈmætɪkli/adverbprag·mat·ic/præɡˈmætɪk; NAmEpræɡˈmætɪk/prag·mat·ic·al·ly/præɡˈmætɪkli; NAmEpræɡˈmætɪkli/
LDC
pragmaticprag‧mat‧ic /præɡˈmætɪk/ ●○○ adjective
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dealing with problems in a sensible practical way instead of strictly following a set of ideas → dogmatic: Williams took a more pragmatic approach to management problems.—pragmatically /-kli/ adverb
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