Bacevich says the Obama approach is more pragmatic than the Bush plan was, but he is not entirely convinced that it is different enough to work.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

There's a certain pragmatic element behind this, basically we want to make sure that every human being has a dignified life.

这后面是有实用的因素，因为我们想确保,每个人都过上有尊严的生活。

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You need to take a pragmatic approach, because in the beginning, we saw the portal companies, well, feed us.

采取切实有效的方法，因为一开始，可以找到门户网站。

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It does not mean we should not make them, it does not mean that there are not younger and more reformist elements or pragmatic elements in most of these regimes that we can engage."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

And also in a very sort of pragmatic sense, in a negative way, it's tax-deductible.

同时，从实用的角度来讲，或是从一个消极的角度，这种捐款是免税的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

OK. Today, for the rest of the lecture, we're going to take a break from the topic of algorithms, and computation, and things of the sort. And do something pretty pragmatic.

好，今天剩下的时间里，我们不再讲算法，计算和排序这些话题了,我们会做一些非常实用的事,我们主要的讲讲测试。

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I actually think those are relatively pragmatic answer to this which is religious communities should be allowed to worship and to carry out their prayer lives, their worship lives the way they see fit.

事实上，我认为,那些是对这一问题较为实际的回答,应该允许宗教团体按自己认为合适的方式,做礼拜，祈祷，安排他们的信仰生活。

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