• adj. 實際的；實用主義的；國事的

來自拉丁語pragmaticus,熟練的，來自希臘語pragma,實踐，行為，來自prassein,去做，行動，可能來自PIE*per,向前，前行，嘗試，詞源同experiment,peril.

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.

1. a pragmatic approach to management problems

對管理問題采取的務實做法

來自《權威詞典》

2. They're pragmatic about the spending cuts.

他們在削減開支方面很務實.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. We need to adopt a more pragmatic approach.

我們需要采用一種更為實際的方法.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Our approach is essentially pragmatic.

我們的方法從本質上來說是務實的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The American people are pragmatic by nature.

美國人的性格是注重實際.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》