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實用主義的,愛管閑事的,獨斷的,實際的,固執的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pragmatic \Prag*mat"ic\, Pragmatical \Prag*mat"ic*al\, a. [L.
   pragmaticus busy, active, skilled in business, especially in
   law and state affairs, systematic, Gr. ?, fr. ? a thing done,
   business, fr. ? to do: cf. F. pragmatique. See {Practical}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature
      of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or
      manner.

            The next day . . . I began to be very pragmatical.
                                                  --Evelyn.

            We can not always be contemplative, diligent, or
            pragmatical, abroad; but have need of some
            delightful intermissions.             --Milton.

            Low, pragmatical, earthly views of the gospel.
                                                  --Hare.

   2. Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way;
      officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome. ``Pragmatical
      officers of justice.'' --Sir W. Scott.

            The fellow grew so pragmatical that he took upon him
            the government of my whole family.    --Arbuthnot.

   3. Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects,
      rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of
      literature. ``Pragmatic history.'' --Sir W. Hamilton.
      ``Pragmatic poetry.'' --M. Arnold.

   {Pragmatic sanction}, a solemn ordinance or decree issued by
      the head or legislature of a state upon weighty matters;
      -- a term derived from the Byzantine empire. In European
      history, two decrees under this name are particularly
      celebrated. One of these, issued by Charles VII. of
      France, A. D. 1438, was the foundation of the liberties of
      the Gallican church; the other, issued by Charles VI. of
      Germany, A. D. 1724, settled his hereditary dominions on
      his eldest daughter, the Archduchess Maria Theresa.

資料來源 : WordNet®

pragmatical
     adj 1: of or concerning the theory of pragmatism [syn: {pragmatic}]
     2: concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or
        pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact
        account of the trip" [syn: {matter-of-fact}, {pragmatic}]