practise
verb(US English practice)
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they practise | |
| he / she / it practises | |
| past simple practised | |
| past participle practised | |
| -ing form practising |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to do an activity or train regularly so that you can improve your skill 练习；实习；训练 You need to practise every day. 你需要每天练习。 - practise for something
She's practising for her piano exam. 她在练习准备钢琴考试。 - practise something
I've been practising my serve for weeks. 我练发球有好几周了。 She diligently practised her violin every day. 她每天都勤奋地练习小提琴。 - practise something on somebody/something
He usually wants to practise his English on me. 他通常想跟我练习英语。 - practise on somebody/something
I learned hairdressing by practising on my sister. 我是拿妹妹练习学会做头发的。 - practise doing something
Practise reversing the car into the garage. 练习倒车入车库。
More Like This Verbs usually followed by -ing formsVerbs usually followed by -ing formsTopics Educationa1, Languagea1, Musica1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- diligently
- hard
- regularly
- …
- for
- on
- be well practised (in something)
- [intransitive, transitive]
to work as a doctor, lawyer, etc. 从事（医务工作、律师职业等）；执业 There are over 50 000 solicitors practising in England and Wales. 英格兰和威尔士共有 5 万多名律师执业。 - practise as something
She practised as a barrister for many years. 她从事出庭律师工作多年。 - practise something
He was banned from practising medicine. 他被禁止行医。 She practised law for more than a decade. 她从事法律工作十多年了。
- [transitive] practise something (formal)
to do something regularly as part of your normal behaviour 经常做；养成…的习惯 Extra ExamplesThese methods are still practised today. 这些方法今天仍然在使用着。 This model of education widely practised. 这种教育模式被广泛采用。 whaling as currently practised 目前的捕鲸行为 Polygamy is legal, but it is very rarely practised. 一夫多妻制是合法的，但却很少有人这样做了。 Christians were allowed to practise their faith unmolested by the authorities. 基督徒获准进行宗教活动，不受当局干涉。 People found guilty of practising black magic were hanged. 被判犯有行巫术罪的人给绞死了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- commonly
- routinely
- widely
- …
- (be) practised today
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French practiser or medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare ‘perform, carry out’, from practica ‘practice’, from Greek praktikē, feminine (used as a noun), of praktikos ‘concerned with action’, from prattein ‘do, act’.
Idioms
practise what you preach
to do the things yourself that you tell other people to do 身体力行；躬行所言；言行一致