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proceedings against [sb]
指法律诉讼
The company faced legal proceedings against its former CEO.
公司面临对其前CEO的法律诉讼。
诉讼；法律程序
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诉讼；法律程序
legal action or process
The company faced legal proceedings against its former CEO.
公司面临对其前CEO的法律诉讼。
法律诉讼过程
The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.
一个团体的行动记录或会议记录的出版物
The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.
The court proceedings lasted for three months.
法院的诉讼程序持续了三个月。
The proceedings of the conference will be published next month.
会议的记录汇编将于下个月出版。
I missed the proceedings of the annual meeting, but I can read the minutes.
我错过了年会的活动记录，但我可以阅读会议纪要。
指法律诉讼
The company faced legal proceedings against its former CEO.
公司面临对其前CEO的法律诉讼。
指会议记录
The proceedings of the conference were published online.
会议记录在线发布。
提起诉讼
They decided to bring proceedings for breach of contract.
他们决定就违约提起诉讼。
Not this
The lawyer will proceedings the case next week.
Use this
The lawyer will proceed with the case next week.
proceedings 是名词，不能用作动词，应使用动词 proceed 表示继续；且混淆了词性。
Not this
The proceeding was published in the journal.
Use this
The proceedings were published in the journal.
proceedings 表示会议记录时总用复数形式，需用复数动词 were。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
法律诉讼；法律程序
The company faced legal proceedings over the contract dispute.
该公司因合同纠纷面临法律诉讼。
刑事诉讼
Criminal proceedings were brought against the former official.
前官员被提起了刑事诉讼。
民事诉讼
The landlord started civil proceedings to recover the unpaid rent.
房东提起民事诉讼，追讨未付的租金。
会议论文集；会议记录
Her paper was published in the conference proceedings.
她的论文发表在会议论文集上。
提起诉讼；启动法律程序
The shareholders decided to institute proceedings against the directors.
股东们决定对董事提起诉讼。
纪律处分程序
The committee will hold disciplinary proceedings next week.
委员会下周将举行纪律处分程序。
法律诉讼
The dispute was resolved without resorting to legal proceedings.
纠纷没有诉诸法律诉讼便得到了解决。
提起（法律）诉讼
The victim decided to institute proceedings against the driver.
受害者决定对司机提起诉讼。
会议论文集；会议记录
Her paper appears in the conference proceedings.
她的论文收录在会议论文集中。
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联想：法律诉讼和会议记录都是“向前进行(proceed)”并留痕的过程，所以叫 proceedings。
语域：formal 常见场景：court、academic conference proceedings 通常用于正式场合。在法律中指诉讼程序，在学术领域中指会议记录或论文集。多用于书面语和正式文件，口语中较少见。
与 proceedings /prəˈsiːdɪŋz/ 真正押韵的词有 readings、seedings、feedings（均以 /iːdɪŋz/ 结尾）。拼写近似但读音不同的有 proceeds /ˈprəʊsiːdz/（结尾是 /dz/ 而不是 /dɪŋz/）、processing /ˈprəʊsesɪŋ/（第二个音节是 /ses/ 而非 /siːd/）、preceding /prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/（拼作 ced，且没有最后的 /z/）。
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