practice

Word family  noun practice practitioner adjective practised/practiced practising/practicing verb practise/practice

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prac·tice /ˈpræktɪs/ ●●● S2 W1 noun  1  a skill 技能 [countable, uncountable] 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。3  STH done often 经常做的事 [countable, uncountable]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 habit4  doctor/lawyer 医生/律师 [countable]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 practice5  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。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。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。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n COLLOCATIONSverbsdo practiceHave you done your piano practice?take practice American English (=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 practiceYou must get as much practice as possible before the competition.need practiceShe needs more practice.something takes practice (=you can only learn to do it well by practising)Writing well takes practice.NOUN + practicefootball/basketball etc practiceDale was at football practice.piano/cello etc practiceI’ve got to do my cello practice.batting/catching etc practiceWe'd better do a bit of batting practice before the game.choir practiceThere's choir practice on Tuesday evening.band practiceHave you got band practice tonight?target practice (=practice shooting at something)The area is used by the army for target practice.teaching practiceYou 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 Dictionarypracticeprac‧tice /ˈpræktɪs/ noun1[uncountable] the work done by a particular profession, especially lawyers or doctors who are working for themselves rather than a public organizationMr. 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[countable] the business or place of work of a doctor, lawyer etc, or a group of doctors, lawyers etcthe problems of small accountancy practicesThey were partners in a general medical practice in central London. → general practice3[countable, uncountable] the way people do a particular job, activity etc, especially one which is done oftenJapanese management practicesIt was normal practice for hotels to require confirmation in writing.practice ofWhat will happen if the big banks continue their practice of closing smaller branches? → custom and practice → sharp practice4good/best practice a good example of how something should be doneThe Code reflects what the City considers to be best practice in the conduct of takeovers.

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prac‧tice S2 W1 /ˈpræktəs, ˈpræktɪs/ noun1.  A SKILL  [uncountable and countable] when you do a particular thing, often regularly, in order to improve your skill at it:
    It takes hours of practice to learn to play the guitar.
    With a little more practice you should be able to pass your test.
    We have choir practice on Tuesday evening.
    in practice for something
    Schumacher crashed out in practice for the Australian grand prix.
    football/rugby/basketball etc practice
    John’s at baseball practice.
  ► In British English, the verb is always spelled practise (see separate entry). In American English, both noun and verb are spelled practice.
2. in practice used when saying what really happens rather than what should happen or what people think happens:
    In practice women receive much lower wages than their male colleagues.
    The journey should only take about 30 minutes, but in practice it usually takes more like an hour.
3.  SOMETHING DONE OFTEN  [uncountable and countable] something that people do often, especially a particular way of doing something or a social or religious custom:
    religious beliefs and practices
    dangerous working practices
    the practice of doing something
    the practice of dumping waste into the sea
4.  DOCTOR/LAWYER  [countable] the work of a doctor or lawyer, or the place where they work
    medical/legal practice
    Mary Beth had a busy legal practice in Los Angeles. ⇨ general practice, private practice
5. be common/standard/normal practice to be the usual and accepted way of doing something:
    It’s common practice in many countries for pupils to repeat a year if their grades are low.
    It’s standard practice to seek parents’ permission wherever possible.
6. good/best/bad practice an example of a good or bad way of doing something, especially in a particular job:
    It’s not considered good practice to reveal clients’ names.
7. put something into practice if you put an idea, plan etc into practice, you start to use it and see if it is effective:
    It gave him the chance to put his ideas into practice.
8. be out of practice to have not done something for a long time, so that you are not able to do it well
9. practice makes perfect used to say that if you do an activity regularly, you will become very good at it
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs
   ▪ do practice Have you done your piano practice?
   ▪ take practice American English (=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.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ habit something you do regularly, often without thinking about it: Biting your nails is a bad habit. | I always go to the same supermarket, out of habit.
   ▪ mannerism a way of speaking or a small movement of your face or body that is part of your usual behaviour: Even her mannerisms are the same as her sister’s.
   ▪ custom something that people in a particular society do because it is traditional or the accepted thing to do: In Japan it is the custom to take off your shoes when you enter a house.
   ▪ tradition a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has existed for a long time: The tradition of giving Easter eggs goes back hundreds of years. | In many countries, it’s a tradition for the bride to wear white. | It was a family tradition to go for a walk on Christmas Day.
   ▪ practice something that people often do, especially as part of their work or daily life: The hotel has ended the practice of leaving chocolates in guests’ rooms.

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prac‧tise S3 W3 British English, practice American English /ˈpræktəs, ˈpræktɪs/ verb1. [intransitive and transitive] to do an activity, often regularly, in order to improve your skill or to prepare for a test:
    They moved the furniture back to practise their dance routine.
    It gives students the opportunity to practice their speaking skills.
    practise doing something
    Today we’re going to practise parking.
    practise for
    She’s practicing for her piano recital.
    practise something on somebody
    Everybody wants to practise their English on me.
2. [transitive] to use a particular method or custom:
    a technique not widely practised in Europe
3. [intransitive and transitive] to work as a doctor or lawyer:
    medical graduates who intend to practise in the UK
    practise as
    Gemma is now practising as a dentist.
4. [transitive] if you practise a religion, system of ideas etc, you live your life according to its rules:
    They are free to practice their religion openly.
5. practise what you preach to do the things that you advise other people to do:
    She didn’t always practise what she preached.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ practise British English, practice American English verb [intransitive and transitive] to do an activity many times in order to improve your skill or to prepare for a test: The course will give you a chance to practise your language skills. | He was practising his golf swing. | You need to practise regularly if you're going to be a good piano player.
   ▪ train verb [intransitive] to practise physical movements or activities in preparation for a race or game: He's training for the Olympics.
   ▪ rehearse verb [intransitive and transitive] to practise a play, speech, or music in preparation for a public performance: She's in New York where she's rehearsing her new play. | The band are currently rehearsing for their world tour.
   ▪ work on something to practise a particular skill so that your general performance improves: You need to work on your listening comprehension.
   ▪ go/run through something to practise something such as a speech, play, or piece of music by reading or playing it from the beginning to the end: I'll just run through the speech one more time.