GRE重點詞匯解析：pragmatic

　　pragmatic: 實用主義的, concerned with practical matters

　　1) practical as opposed to idealistic

　　2) oriented toward the practical

　　3) matter-of-fact; practical

　　4) concerned with practical matters

　　Since they were saving money to buy a new home, the pragmatic married couple decided not to go on an expensive vacation.

　　A pragmatic solution to the car's continual repairs would be to purchase a new car.

　　STARRY-EYED : pragmatic 過分樂觀的：實際的

　　pragmatic <> outmode

　　pragmatism: a practical approach to problem solving

　　1. While daydreaming gamblers think they can get rich by frequenting casinos, pragmatic gamblers realize that the odds are heavily stacked against them.

　　2. Although skeptics say financial problems will probably prevent our establishing a base on the Moon, supporters of the project remain enthusiastic, saying that human curiosity should overcome such pragmatic constraints.

　　3. Our pragmatic mother preferred to receive useful gifts for her birthday.

　　Synonyms: businesslike, efficient, utilitarian, rational, realistic "

　　adj. 實用主義的，務實的： a practical approach to problems and affairs !

　　【例】 Pragmatic men of power have had no time or inclination to deal withsocial morality.(K. B. Clark) 務 實 的

　　當權者不會有時間或者意向去處理社會道德的問題。——K. B. 克拉克‖a pragmatic man, not given to grand, visionary schemes 一個不迷戀花哨空想的計劃，而更注重實際的人

　　【近】 down-to-earth, earthy, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, practical

　　【反】 fanciful, idealistic, impractical, unrealistic, utopian, visionary 幻想的，不務實的

　　【派】 pragmatism n. 實用主義，務實主義