empractical

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释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or relating to a form of communication that is incidental to some practical activity, characterized by fragmentary utterances and more silence than a conversation.

    语言学

    A surgeon performing an operation may make empractical utterances to her assistant to request tools, such as "scalpel".

词源

From em- + practical? Coined by Karl Bühler.

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