practise

名词 n. 动词 v.
发音 prăkʹtĭs

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Obsolete spelling of practice. alt-of,obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — And againe You ſaw that I ſpake to you from Heauen, therefore yee ſhall make no Gods of Golde nor ſiluer: as if he ſhould haue ſaide, my practiſe in ſpeakeing to you by voyce and not by Image ſhoulde teach you that by my word and not by image, I am be remembred.
  2. Misspelling of practice. alt-of,misspelling,uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity. transitive
    — You should practise playing piano every day.
  2. To repeat an activity in this way. intransitive
    — If you want to speak French well, you need to practise.
  3. To perform or observe in an habitual fashion. transitive
    — They gather to practise religion every Saturday.
  4. To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine). transitive
    — She practised law for forty years before retiring.
  5. To conspire. intransitive,obsolete
  6. To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
    — Aught but Talbot's shadow whereon to practise your severity.
  7. To make use of; to employ.
    — In malice to this good knight's wife, I practised Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.
  8. To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
    — In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practised to love their neighbour.

词形变化

practises present,singular,third-person practising participle,present practised participle,past practised past practice alternative practises plural

词源

From Middle English practizen, a variant of practisen, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, from Medieval Latin practizo, from Late Latin practico (“to do, perform, execute, propose, practise, exercise, be conversant with, contrive, conspire, etc.”), from prāctica (“practical affairs", "business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”), from πρᾱ́σσειν (prā́ssein, “to do”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per(h₂)- (“to go over, cross”).
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