1、strike up

開始(交談);建立(友誼);開始(來往)

I trailed her into Penney's and struck up a conversation.

我跟著她進了彭尼家然后開始交談起來。

James struck up a friendship with a small boy who owned a pony on the island.

詹姆斯和小島上一個養了一匹小馬的小男孩兒交上了朋友。

開始演奏

And then the orchestra struck up the National Anthem.

然后管弦樂隊奏起了國歌。

Music struck up in one of the big old buildings along the seafront.

音樂從海濱區一棟古老的大樓里響起。

2、practice

通常做法；常規；慣例

Some firms have cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany.

一些公司把工人薪水減至低于合同規定的水平，這種做法在德國是非法的。

Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.

戈登·布朗已要求對銀行的慣例做法進行公開調查。

練習；訓練

She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day.

她每天都帶3個女兒進行籃球訓練。

the hard practice necessary to develop from a learner to an accomplished musician.

從初學者成長為有造詣的音樂家所必需的艱苦訓練

診所；律師事務所

The new doctor's practice was miles away from where I lived.

新開的診所離我住的地方有幾英里遠。

My law practice isn't the most important thing in my life, you know.

你知道，我的律師事務所不是我生活里最重要的事情。