pragmatist
noun[C]
uk/ˈpræɡ.mə.tɪst/us/ˈpræɡ.mə.tɪst/someone whodealswithproblemsin asensibleway thatsuitstheconditionsthat reallyexist,ratherthanfollowingfixedtheories,ideas, orrules:
务实者;实用主义者Sherosetopowerby being apoliticalpragmatist who tookadvantageof everyopportunity.她是一名政治上的务实者,不放过每个机会,因此才能上台。
Americanshave areputationfor beingpoliticalpragmatists, notideologues.众所周知,在政治上,美国人是实用主义者,而不是思想理论家。
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pragmatism
- Atheart, they were pragmatists, notidealists.
- Damon,everthe pragmatist, has abackupplan.
- Heidentifieswith the pragmatists of thesuburbsratherthan thedetached, latte-sippingcosmopolitans.
Wise and sensible
- be a victory for common senseidiom
- cannily
- canny
- clear-headed
- discerning
- long-sightedness
- method
- neat
- neatly
- no flies onsomeoneidiom
- responsible
- responsibly
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sagaciously
- well advised
- wily
- wisdom
- wise
- wisely