practicality
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++prac·ti·cal·i·ty /ˌpræktɪˈkæləti/ noun 1 practicalities [plural]REAL/NOT IMAGINARY the real facts of a situation rather than ideas about how it might be 实际的事情，实际情况practicalities of the practicalities of everyday life for someone in a wheelchair 坐轮椅者日常生活中的实际问题2 [uncountable]SUITABLE how suitable something is, or whether it will work 可行性，实用（性） doubts about the practicality of your suggestion 对于你所提建议的可行性的怀疑 You need to think about comfort and practicality when choosing walking shoes. 选购步行鞋时需要考虑舒适性和实用性。3. [uncountable]SENSIBLE the quality of being sensible and basing your plans on what you know will work 实际，务实Examples from the Corpus
practicality• Even excluding something so self-evident as parent motivation, there is also practicality at stake.• Philip laughed at the simple practicality.• We asked our architect to consider the practicality of cleaning the stonework and re-locating the plaque.• Some Congressmen doubt the practicality of the new legislation.• He soon gets down to the practicalities of building a successful practice.• However, when the practicalities of gardening were examined, it was difficult for her to timetable it in.• The practicalities are being considered by the research councils in the Department of Education in Northern Ireland.prac·ti·cal·i·ty nounChineseSyllable
rather real than situation the facts a of Corpus
practicality
prac‧ti‧cal‧i‧ty /ˌpræktɪˈkæləti, ˌpræktɪˈkælɪti/
noun
practicalities of
the practicalities of everyday life for someone in a wheelchair
2. [uncountable] how suitable something is, or whether it will work:
doubts about the practicality of your suggestion
You need to think about comfort and practicality when choosing walking shoes.
3. [uncountable] the quality of being sensible and basing your plans on what you know will work
prac‧ti‧cal‧i‧ty /ˌpræktɪˈkæləti, ˌpræktɪˈkælɪti/
noun Word Family: noun: practical, practicalities, practicality ≠ impracticality, practicability ≠ impracticability; adverb: practically ≠ impractically, practicably ≠ impracticably; adjective: practicable ≠ impracticable, practical ≠ impractical
1. practicalities [plural] the real facts of a situation rather than ideas about how it might bepracticalities of
2. [uncountable] how suitable something is, or whether it will work:
3. [uncountable] the quality of being sensible and basing your plans on what you know will work