in AM, use 美国英语用 practice
1 VERB 练习；训练 If you practise something, you keep doing it regularly in order to be able to do it better. 练习；训练
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Lauren practises the piano every day. [VERB noun]
劳伦每天练习钢琴。
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When she wanted to get something right, she would practise and practise and practise. [VERB]
她想做好一件事的时候，就会练习、练习、再练习。
SYN rehearse, study, prepare, perfect
3 VERB 奉行（风俗、宗教等活动）；实践（手艺） When people practise something such as a custom, craft, or religion, they take part in the activities associated with it. 奉行（风俗、宗教等活动）；实践（手艺）
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...countries which practise multi-party politics. [VERB noun]
实行多党政体的国家
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Acupuncture was practised in China as long ago as the third millennium BC. [VERB noun]
中国早在公元前3,000年就已开始采用针灸疗法。
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He was brought up in a family which practised traditional Judaism. [VERB noun]
他是在一个信奉传统犹太教的家庭长大的。
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The church has broken the agreement, by insisting all employees must be practising Christians.
教会坚持所有雇员都必须信奉基督教，这一做法破坏了协议。
4 VERB [usually passive] 干（坏事）；作（恶）；施（虐） If something cruel is regularly done to people, you can say that it is practised on them. 干（坏事）；作（恶）；施（虐）
5 VERB 从（医）；从事（律师工作）；执业 Someone who practises medicine or law works as a doctor or a lawyer. 从（医）；从事（律师工作）；执业
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In Belgium only qualified doctors may practise alternative medicine. [VERB noun]
在比利时只有资质合格的医生才能从事非传统医学工作。
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He was born in Hong Kong where he subsequently practised as a lawyer until his retirement. [VERB + as]
他出生在香港，后来在那里从事律师工作，直到退休。
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The ways in which solicitors practise are varied. [VERB]
事务律师的从业方式是多种多样的。
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An art historian and collector, he was also a practising architect. [VERB-ing]
他身为艺术历史学家和收藏家，同时也是一名从业建筑师。
6 to practise what you preach→see: preach
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