The engineer favored practical solutions that could be implemented with existing materials rather than idealistic designs.
工程师倾向于采用能用现有材料实施的实用解决方案，而非理想化的设计。
Which choice best defines “practical”?
C — Concerned with actual use or practice. “practical” means concerned with actual use or practice.
Which word means “concerned with actual use or practice”?
D — practical. “practical” means concerned with actual use or practice.
practical — concerned with actual use or practice. In Chinese: 实际的，实用的.
practical is pronounced /ˈpræktɪkəl/.
The engineer favored practical solutions that could be implemented with existing materials rather than idealistic designs. (工程师倾向于采用能用现有材料实施的实用解决方案，而非理想化的设计。)
functional, pragmatic, useful — all close in meaning to practical (concerned with actual use or practice).
impractical, theoretical — each the opposite of practical (concerned with actual use or practice).
Yes. practical is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.