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pragmatical

/prag-mat-ik/US // prægˈmæt ɪk //UK // (præɡˈmætɪk) //

实用主义的,实用主义,务实,实用的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also prag·mat·i·cal .

    • : of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
    • : Philosophy. of or relating to pragmatism.
    • : of or relating to pragmatics.
    • : treating historical phenomena with special reference to their causes, antecedent conditions, and results.
    • : of or relating to the affairs of state or community.
    • : Archaic. busy; active.officious; meddlesome; interfering.dogmatic; opinionated.
n.名词 noun
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    • : pragmatic sanction.
    • : Archaic. an officious or meddlesome person.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He never made foolish remarks, although not in the slightest degree uncomfortably precocious or pragmatical.

  • The historians of the Renaissance period simply reverted to the ancient pragmatical view.

  • We need do no more than mention the world-famous stories of the unfortunate Hunchback and the pragmatical but charitable Barber.

  • Moreover the traditions of pragmatical historiography had by no means disappeared.

  • But the pragmatical daughter, by the fatal meeting, precipitated all, and frustrated her indulgent designs.