单词 | proceed |
释义 | pro·ceed I. 1. a. < his lips began to form some words, though no sound proceeded from them — Charles Dickens > b. < assuring her that his seeming inattention had only proceeded from his being involved in a profound meditation — T.L.Peacock > c. < a family that proceeds from a long line of royalty > 2. a. (1) < let us proceed with the examination of our second main question — W.J.Reilly > < said he would proceed only when there was silence > (2) < had proceeded to the Polish capital — Current Biography > < proceeded from one city to another > < proceeded into the next room > (3) b. < later we shall proceed to a detailed discussion of the various parts of the country — P.E.James > 3. a. < proceeded to wage the bloodiest war in history — M.W.Straight > < proceeded to walk up and down the big and half-lit chamber — William Black > < proceeded to examine his new acquaintance — W.M.Thackeray > b. < proceed rather harshly with themselves > c. (1) < threatened to proceed against him > : engage in legal prosecution < decided to proceed against war criminals in a more thorough fashion — R.G.Neumann > (2) < the courts are now proceeding with the case > 4. a. (1) < the job proceeded in the eerie glow of portable floodlights — E.J.Long > < an understanding of how lawmaking proceeds — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > (2) < negotiations now proceeding in the printing trade — Jack Morpurgo > b. obsolete < he will … tell you what hath proceeded worthy note today — Shakespeare > 5. Britain a. < had proceeded M.A. at the age of 18 — Times. Literary Supplement > b. < undergraduates proceeding to a degree in the university — University of Toronto Cat. > 6. a. < her thinking probably does not proceed exactly this way — S.L.Payne > < as the conference proceeded — Vera M. Dean > < the highway proceeds due south through a prosperous farm country — American Guide Series: Michigan > : make progress < proceeding steadily towards the beginning of a truly national literature — Report: (Canadian) Royal Commission on National Development > < the organization of towns proceeded rapidly under his jurisdiction — W.E.Stevens > b. archaic < make inquiry what family he has, and how they proceed — Samuel Johnson > Synonyms: see spring II. archaic |
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