Pragmatic
[præg'mætɪk]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Alt. of Pragmatical
(n.) One skilled in affairs.
(n.) A solemn public ordinance or decree.
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解釋/意思:
adj. of or pertaining to public business: skilled in affairs: active: practical: interfering with the affairs of others: officious: meddlesome: self-important.—n. Pragmat′ic a man of business a busybody: a public decree.—adv. Pragmat′ically.—ns. Pragmat′icalness Prag′matism activity: earnestness: meddlesomeness; Prag′matist.—Pragmatic method a method of treating events with reference to their causes conditions and results—also called Prag′matism; Pragmatic sanction a special decree issued by a sovereign such as that passed by the Emperor Charles VI. of Germany securing the crown to Maria Theresa and which led to the war so called in 1741.
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