1、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。

2、build up

（使）積聚；（使）逐漸增加

The regime built up the largest army in Africa.

該政權逐漸建立起一支非洲規模最大的軍隊。

The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years.

在過去的17年中，收藏的規模不斷擴大。

增強…的體質；建立…的信心

Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear.

用友善和富有同情心的傾聽來重拾她的信心。

Dr. Johnson and I have been trying to build him up physically.

約翰遜醫生和我一直試圖增強他的體質。

吹捧；抬舉

The media will report on it and the tabloids will build it up.

媒體會報道此事，小報則會大肆吹捧。

Historians built him up as the champion of parliament.

歷史學家把他譽為議會的捍衛者。