in practice 1. 在实践中；实际上 It was quite useless in practice. 这在实践中毫无用处。 The idea sounds good but will it work in practice? 这个主意听上去不错，但实际上行得通吗? In practice, he exerted little influence over the others. 实际上，他对他人只施加很小的影响。 2. 经常练习的，熟练的 An ice-skater keeps in practice by skating every day. 滑冰运动员每天滑冰，使技术保持熟练。 3. 在开业中 The doctor is no longer in practice. 那医生不再开业行医了。