1、strike up

开始(交谈);建立(友谊);开始(来往)

I trailed her into Penney's and struck up a conversation.

我跟着她进了彭尼家然后开始交谈起来。

James struck up a friendship with a small boy who owned a pony on the island.

詹姆斯和小岛上一个养了一匹小马的小男孩儿交上了朋友。

开始演奏

And then the orchestra struck up the National Anthem.

然后管弦乐队奏起了国歌。

Music struck up in one of the big old buildings along the seafront.

音乐从海滨区一栋古老的大楼里响起。

2、practice

通常做法；常规；惯例

Some firms have cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany.

一些公司把工人薪水减至低于合同规定的水平，这种做法在德国是非法的。

Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.

戈登·布朗已要求对银行的惯例做法进行公开调查。

练习；训练

She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day.

她每天都带3个女儿进行篮球训练。

the hard practice necessary to develop from a learner to an accomplished musician.

从初学者成长为有造诣的音乐家所必需的艰苦训练

诊所；律师事务所

The new doctor's practice was miles away from where I lived.

新开的诊所离我住的地方有几英里远。

My law practice isn't the most important thing in my life, you know.

你知道，我的律师事务所不是我生活里最重要的事情。