1. vt. & vi.练习；实习　 do sth repeatedly or regularly in order to become skillful
2. vt. & vi.从事　 do sth actively

　～ a circus act　练习马戏表演
　～ a dance step　练习舞步
　～ a method　实行某种方法
　～ arts　搞艺术
　～ basketball　练习打篮球
　～ criticism and self-criticism　实行批评与自我批评
　～ economy　厉行节约
　～ family planning　实行计划生育
　～ fraud　行诈
　～ law　执业当律师
　～ market economy　实行市场经济
　～ medicine　开业当医生
　～ one's religion　实践信仰
　～ power politics　推行强权政治
　～ racial discrimination　实行种族歧视
　～ regional autonomy　实行地方自治
　～ strict economy　厉行节约
　～ the jungle law　实行弱肉强食的原则
　～ beforehand　预先练习
　～ assiduously　持之以恒地练习
　～ carelessly　草率地练习
　～ customarily　常规练习
　～ delightful　愉快地练习
　～ efficiently　有效率地练习
　～ extensively　大规模地练习
　～ faithfully　有信心地练习
　～ fondly　盲目练习
　～ formally　正规地练习
　～ freely　随意地练习
　～ immediately　立刻练习
　～ incessantly　持续不断地练习
　～ instructively　有益地练习
　～ irrelevantly　不相关地练习
　～ laudably　值得赞许地练习
　～ nervously　紧张地练习
　～ officially　正式练习
　～ openly　公开练习
　～ partially　部分练习
　～ passively　消极地练习
　～ probably　适当地练习
　～ professionally　当作职业做
　～ quickly　迅速地练习
　～ reasonably　合理地练习
　～ regularly　按时练习
　～ slyly　偷偷摸摸地练习
　～ superficially　表面上练习
　～ widely　大规模地练习
　～ as a physician　执业做医生
　～ at Bar　操律师业
　～ at the piano　练习弹钢琴
　～ at typing　练习打字
　～ pupils in English　教学生练习英语
　～ on〔upon〕　利用，欺骗
　～ on the piano　练习弹钢琴
　～ on sb's credulity　利用某人的轻信
　～ on sb's weakness　利用别人的弱点
　～ deception on sb　欺骗某人
　～ with the rifle　练习打步枪

　You will never learn to swim if you don't practise.　如果你不实践，你就永远也学不会游泳。
　If you keep practising, your playing will improve.　如果坚持练习，你的弹奏将会有很大的提高。
　Practise this movement half an hour after class.　课后将这一动作练习半小时。
　These words can't be learned by heart in a moment, and we must practise them constantly.　这些词不是一下子就能记住的，我们必须经常不断地练习。
　You had better practise your handwriting.　你最好练习书法。
　He practises tennis every day.　他每天练习打网球。
　What have you been practising recently?　最近你在练习什么?
　The man is just beginning to practise law.　此人刚刚开始从事律师职业。
　He began to practise medicine when he was young.　当他年轻时，他就开始行医。
　My father has been practising Chinese medicine for over thirty years.　我父亲已是30多年的老中医了。
　He tells people that they should get up early. He practises it himself too.　他告诉人们应该早起，他自己也这样做。
　We must fight waste and practise economy.　我们必须反对浪费，厉行节约。
　Many different religions were practised in that country.　在那个国家，人们信仰多种宗教。
　They began to practise reading aloud.　他们开始练习朗读。
　The student was practising making a new vowel sound.　那个学生在练习一个新元音的发音。
　The students often practise speaking English among themselves.　学生们经常相互练习讲英语。
　You should practise playing the piano regularly.　你应该按时练习弹钢琴。
　Where do you practise playing table tennis after school?　你们放学后在哪里练习打乒乓球?
　The Chinese medical workers helped the Arab woman practise walking every day.　中国医务人员每天帮助这位阿拉伯妇女练习走路。
　He advised us to practise getting up early.　他劝我们养成早起的习惯。
　She tried her best to practise early rising.　她尽全力养成早起的习惯。
　He has practised doing his own things.　他已养成了自己事自己做的习惯。
　They don't practise what they say.　他们光说不做。
　You must practise what you preach.　你要身体力行。

 ♣ practise in　(v.+prep.)
　在（某方面）训练（某人）　train sb on sth
　He practised the boys in football.　他教孩子们练习足球。
　The teacher is practising a pupil in English.　老师在训练一个学生说英语。
 ♣ practise on〔upon〕　(v.+prep.)
1. 在…上练习 exercise oneself on; use as a subject for practice or experiment
　Mary is practising on the piano.　玛丽正在练钢琴。
　In our first-aid class we practised on one another.　我们在急救课上互相充作实习的对象。
2. 欺骗；利用 impose upon; take advantage of
　John practised on her weakness.　约翰利用了她的弱点。
　By practising on her fears, the criminals made the old lady give them her money.　通过利用这老太太的害怕心理，那些罪犯硬使她把钱给了他们。
　He found that he had been practised on.　他发现自己受骗了。

 ♣ practise, drill, exercise, trail
　参见drill条。

　我每天早晨练习朗读英语。
　［误］ I practise to read English every morning.
　［正］ I practise reading English every morning.
　［析］ 表示“练习做某事”应该说practise v-ing, practise的宾语可以是名词或动名词，但不可以是动词不定式。

　在英式英语中， practice是名词， practise是动词；在美式英语中， practice既可用作名词又可用作动词，而practise用得较少。

　［同义词］ drill, exercise, trail