pragmatic

実用的な、現実的な

規則を守ると実際に問題が起こる場合、規則を変えたり無視したりする。

やさしい英語で： Willing to change or ignore rules when following them would cause practical problems.

• She is pragmatic about the rules.
• We took a pragmatic approach and allowed an exception.
• His pragmatic decision avoided an unnecessary delay.

使い方： pragmatic about something (They were pragmatic about changing the procedure.)

類義語： practical, flexible

反対語： dogmatic, rigid

よく使う表現： pragmatic approach, pragmatic about something, pragmatic decision, pragmatic solution

語用論的な

特定の状況で、人が言葉をどう使い、理解するかに関係する。

やさしい英語で： Related to how people use and understand language in particular situations.

• Context affects the pragmatic meaning of a sentence.
• The course develops students’ pragmatic skills.
• Her study explores pragmatic differences between the two languages.

よく使う表現： pragmatic meaning, pragmatic skills, pragmatic analysis