pragmatic

• adj. 实际的；实用主义的；国事的

词态变化

中文词源

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.

英文词源

pragmatic

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.

双语例句

1. a pragmatic approach to management problems

对管理问题采取的务实做法

来自《权威词典》

2. They're pragmatic about the spending cuts.

他们在削减开支方面很务实.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. We need to adopt a more pragmatic approach.

我们需要采用一种更为实际的方法.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Our approach is essentially pragmatic.

我们的方法从本质上来说是务实的.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The American people are pragmatic by nature.

美国人的性格是注重实际.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》