in AM, use 美国英语用 practice
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[VERB 动词]See also:practised
;
练习;训练 If you
practise something, you keep doing it regularly in order to be able to do it better.
Lauren practises the piano every day...
劳伦每天练习钢琴。
When she wanted to get something right, she would practise and practise and practise.
她想做好一件事的时候,就会练习、练习、再练习。
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[VERB 动词]奉行(风俗、宗教等活动);实践(手艺) When people
practise something such as a custom, craft, or religion, they take part in the activities associated with it.
...countries which practise multi-party politics...
实行多党政体的国家
Acupuncture was practised in China as long ago as the third millennium BC...
中国早在公元前3,000年就已开始采用针灸疗法。
He was brought up in a family which practised traditional Judaism.
他是在一个信奉传统犹太教的家庭长大的。
practisingThe church has broken the agreement, by insisting all employees must be practising Christians.
教会坚持所有雇员都必须信奉基督教,这一做法破坏了协议。
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[VERB 动词]干(坏事);作(恶);施(虐) If something cruel is regularly done to people, you can say that it
is practised on them.
[be V-ed on n]
[usu passive]
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[VERB 动词]从(医);从事(律师工作);执业 Someone who
practises medicine or law works as a doctor or a lawyer.
[V n]
[V as n]
[V]
[V-ing]
In Belgium only qualified doctors may practise alternative medicine...
在比利时只有资质合格的医生才能从事非传统医学工作。
He was born in Hong Kong where he subsequently practised as a lawyer until his retirement...
他出生在香港,后来在那里从事律师工作,直到退休。
The ways in which solicitors practise are varied...
事务律师的从业方式是多种多样的。
An art historian and collector, he was also a practising architect.
他身为艺术历史学家和收藏家,同时也是一名从业建筑师。
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to
practise what you
preach→see: preach
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