A：And then we went to a dance after dinner, and after the third dance she tells me that she's practically engaged to some G.I. who's overseas.
      那样，晚饭后我们去跳舞，跳完第三只舞她告诉我，其实她已经同一位海外的大兵订婚了。

B：So?
      这没什么。

A：What do you mean by "so"? You don't accept dates if you're practically engaged.
      你说"这没什么"是什么意思？既然你已订婚，就不应再接受约会。

B：Why not? You only asked her for a date, not for her hand in marriage.There's nothing wrong in going out with a friend from the office.
      为什么不可以？你只不过是请她赴约会，又不是向她求婚。同办公室的一位朋友出去玩玩并没有什么不对。

practically

A：I know, but it makes me mad.
      我知道，不过这使我很恼火。

B：They're all engaged, and they never tell you before you ask them out.
      她们都订婚了，而如果你不问她们，她们从不告诉你。

A：Let's review our start-up plans. When do you think we will be able to move into our new office?
      我们再看一遍我们的初步计划。你想什么时候我们可以搬进新的办公室？

B：Well, we can move in any time after July first, but moving in and actually getting started are two different things.
      七月一号之后我们随时可以搬进去，不过搬进去和实际开始工作是两回事。

A：Good point. Anyway, I have our new marketing manager, Helen Parker, helping us get set up.
      说得好。无论如何，我会要我们新任的市场经理，海伦.派克帮忙我们打点一切。

B：What is she doing?
      她是做什么的？

A：She's overseeing the purchase of equipment and so forth.
      她监督机器设备的采购等等。

B：Does she have a background in that sort of thing?
      她有那方面的背景吗？

practically什么意思

A：As a matter of fact, it turns out she practically ran her last company, from marketing to finance.
      事实上，她上一个公司从行销到财务，实际上都是她在运作的。

B：I'm looking forward to meeting her.
      我期待认识她。

A：Have you begun to investigate factories? I'm so glad we aren't going to try to run our own factory at first.
      你开始调查工厂了吗？我很高兴我们没有先试图设立自己的工厂。

B：Yes, I've started. And I've found some good people for R and D, too. Then there are the art people designing our logos-
      是的，开始了。我也替研发部门找了些好人才。然后有一些美术人员设计我们的商标——

A：Oh, no! Millions of details: logos, slogans, letterhead, name cards . . .
      商标，标语，信头，名片……

B：You thought setting up a company was going to be easy?
      你觉得创立一间公司会容易吗？

1. 简直；几乎
    Practically means almost, but not completely or exactly.

    e.g. He'd known the old man practically all his life...
           他几乎打记事起就认识这个老人。
    e.g. I know people who find it practically impossible to give up smoking.
           我认识一些人，他们觉得戒烟几乎是不可能的。

2. 实际上；实践上
    You use practically to describe something which involves real actions or events rather than ideas or theories.

    e.g. The course is more practically based than the Masters degree...
           该课程比硕士学位课程更注重实践。
    e.g. The British are not famed for their philosophy and tend to be more practically minded.
           英国人不是以其哲学思想闻名，而是往往更注重实际。