Practical

(adj.) having or put to a practical purpose or use; 'practical mathematics'; 'practical applications of calculus' .

(adj.) concerned with actual use or practice; 'he is a very practical person'; 'the idea had no practical application'; 'a practical knowledge of Japanese'; 'woodworking is a practical art' .

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• But practical sense told them that sex cannot be confined within marriage. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Without it the engine would have been too clumsy and slow for practical use, but with it the greatest possibilities of use appeared. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• In some sense, men had always used an inductive method in dealing with their immediate practical concerns. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The shortness of the mercury column as compared with that of water makes the mercury more convenient for both experimental and practical purposes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• My disposition is, if I may say so, eminently practical. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• We see again here, as in the case of Thales, th at the love of abstract thought, the pursuit of science as science, did not interfere with ultimate practical applications. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• He then became a little more practical than I liked, first taking hold of my hand, and next kissing me by force. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It was of less immediate practical importance that it frequently defined them wrongly. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It was a wonderful experience to have problems given me out of the intuitions of a great mind, based on enormous experience in practical work, and applying to new lines of progress. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• When rotating at the rate of 788 revolutions in a minute, and lifting the water 19·4 feet, the greatest practical effect, compared with the power employed, was attained. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Can anybody fail to make the inference what the practical result will be? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• If two dissimilar metals could be decomposed and power at the same time produced they contended that practical work might be done with the force. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Siemens in the provisional specification of his British patent No. 2,064, of 1857, but it does not seem at that time to have been carried out with any practical result. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It's so practical. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.

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