Word · Frequency #5364
proceedings
诉讼；法律程序
legal action or process
- 1.
The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.
法律诉讼过程
- 2.
The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.
一个团体的行动记录或会议记录的出版物
会议录；活动记录；法律诉讼过程；一个团体的行动记录或会议记录的出版物；诉讼；事项
In use
The court proceedings lasted for three months.
The proceedings of the conference will be published next month.
I missed the proceedings of the annual meeting, but I can read the minutes.
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。
the proceedings of [event]
指会议记录
The proceedings of the conference were published online.
会议记录在线发布。
bring/commence proceedings
提起诉讼
Connections
Collocations
- legal proceedings
- 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。
- criminal proceedings
- 刑事诉讼
- Criminal proceedings were brought against the former official.前官员被提起了刑事诉讼。
- civil proceedings
- 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。
- conference proceedings
- 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。
- institute proceedings
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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/）。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.