核心畫面
Picture actually doing a thing, again and again, rather than just thinking about it. From that one root grow two leanings: doing it repeatedly to get better (practice the piano), and the thing people actually, do — the real, customary way of doing it (common practice, in practice). At heart 'practice' is action carried out for real and on a regular basis.
可以想成：真的去做一件事，而且一遍又一遍地做，而不是光用想的。從這個根長出兩個方向：一是反覆地做以求變好（練琴），二…更多收起
可以想成：真的去做一件事，而且一遍又一遍地做，而不是光用想的。從這個根長出兩個方向：一是反覆地做以求變好（練琴），二是大家實際上、習慣上會做的事——也就是真正、慣常的做法（common practice、in practice）。骨子裡，practice 是「真的、而且經常地去做」的那個動作。原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
practicenoun/ˈpɹæktɪs/
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Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
- Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) training, rehearsing, rehearsal, dry run, trial, workout
- He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.
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Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
- Being on a team is hard: you're always having to go to practice while everyone else is taking it easy.
- I have choir practice every Sunday after church.
- 3
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
- I was rusty, but after a few months, I got back into practice.
- 4
artartsmedicineThe ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
- Which is the most demanding? I think that my practice as an artist is 'stronger' because it is the practice that best fuels and balances myself and that generates new knowledge for my other work as both arts educator and creative arts therapist.
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artartsmedicineThe ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
- He sought to have that by practice which he could not by prayer.
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artartsmathematicsThe ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
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artartslifestyleThe ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
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artartslawThe ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
- This firm of solicitors is involved in family law practice.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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artartsmedicineThe ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
- She ran a thriving medical practice.
- 10
Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
- That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?
- 11
Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
- It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers.
- It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。