| 释义 |
pro·ce·dure
I. \-jə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French procédure, from Middle French procedure, from proceder to proceed + -ure — more at proceed
1.
a. : a particular way of doing or of going about the accomplishment of something
< the book is lucid in its procedure — H.B.Wehle >
< democratic procedure >
< told me he didn't especially like by procedure >
b.
(1) : a particular course of action
< a procedure that respects the dignity and worth of the individual — W.O.Douglas >
(2) : a particular step adopted for doing or accomplishing something
< one of his first procedures was to investigate the reports >
(3) : a series of steps followed in a regular orderly definite way : method
< surgical procedure >
< therapeutic procedure >
< scientific procedure >
c.
(1) : a traditional, customary, or otherwise established or accepted way of doing things
< told him it was not the procedure of citizens of that country to act in that way >
(2) : protocol 4
< sticklers for procedure — Time >
d. : an established way of conducting business (as of a deliberative body): as
(1) : the accepted usage of parliamentary bodies : established parliamentary practice : parliamentary order
< rules of procedure >
(2) : the established manner of conducting judicial business and litigation including pleading, evidence, and practice
2.
a. obsolete : the progress or continuation of some action or process
b. archaic : the fact of issuing from a source
II. noun
: a series of instructions that has a name by which it can be called into action and that is usually part of a computer program |