词族 · pragmatic
中文词源
pragmatic 实用的，务实的
来自拉丁语pragmaticus,熟练的，来自希腊语pragma,实践，行为，来自prassein,去做，行动，可能来自PIE*per,向前，前行，尝试，词源同experiment,peril.
英语词源
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pragmatic: [16] The base *prak-, which produced Greek praktós (source of English practice), also lies behind Greek prágma ‘deed, affair’. From this was derived pragmatikós ‘skilled in affairs’, which passed into English via late Latin pragmaticus.
=> practice - pragmatic (adj.)
- 1610s, "meddlesome, impertinently busy," short for earlier pragmatical, or else from Middle French pragmatique (15c.), from Latin pragmaticus "skilled in business or law," from Greek pragmatikos "fit for business, active, business-like; systematic," from pragma (genitive pragmatos) "a deed, act; that which has been done; a thing, matter, affair," especially an important one; also a euphemism for something bad or disgraceful; in plural, "circumstances, affairs" (public or private), often in a bad sense, "trouble," literally "a thing done," from stem of prassein/prattein "to do, act, perform" (see practical). Meaning "matter-of-fact" is from 1853. In some later senses from German pragmatisch.
权威例句
- 1. a pragmatic approach to management problems
- 对管理问题采取的务实做法
- 2. They're pragmatic about the spending cuts.
- 他们在削减开支方面很务实.
- 3. We need to adopt a more pragmatic approach.
- 我们需要采用一种更为实际的方法.
- 4. Our approach is essentially pragmatic.
- 我们的方法从本质上来说是务实的.
- 5. The American people are pragmatic by nature.
- 美国人的性格是注重实际.
词语辨析
【practical, feasible, practicable, pragmatic】
practical: a.实践的，实用的，实际的，指未经过实践检验的事物，如计划、项目等。
• She felt that most of what she learned in the course was of no practical use. 她感到在课上学到的大部分知识都没有实际用途。
feasible: a.可行的，行得通的，用来表示实施后可以成功的。
• Your work plan is feasible, so we can build the bridge immediately. 你的工作计划是可行的，所以我们可以马上修建那座桥。
practicable: a.能实施的，可行的，只表示一种可能性，但是实施后的效果不一定理想。
• Their marriage was so bad that divorce seemed the only practicable solution. 他们的婚姻是如此的糟糕以至于离婚似乎是唯一可行的解决办法。
pragmatic: a.讲究实际的，实用的，务实的，强调用常识解决实际问题，不追求不切实际的目标。
• He would like to be a doctor, but he has a pragmatic attitude and realizes that he cannot afford medical school. 他想成为一名医生，但是他很实际，知道自己上不起医学院。
practical: a.实践的，实用的，实际的，指未经过实践检验的事物，如计划、项目等。
• She felt that most of what she learned in the course was of no practical use. 她感到在课上学到的大部分知识都没有实际用途。
feasible: a.可行的，行得通的，用来表示实施后可以成功的。
• Your work plan is feasible, so we can build the bridge immediately. 你的工作计划是可行的，所以我们可以马上修建那座桥。
practicable: a.能实施的，可行的，只表示一种可能性，但是实施后的效果不一定理想。
• Their marriage was so bad that divorce seemed the only practicable solution. 他们的婚姻是如此的糟糕以至于离婚似乎是唯一可行的解决办法。
pragmatic: a.讲究实际的，实用的，务实的，强调用常识解决实际问题，不追求不切实际的目标。
• He would like to be a doctor, but he has a pragmatic attitude and realizes that he cannot afford medical school. 他想成为一名医生，但是他很实际，知道自己上不起医学院。