proceed

proceed
verb
[no obj.]
  1. begin a course of action
    开始行动;进行;开展
    the consortium could proceed with the plan.
    这一财团可以启动那计划了。
    ■[no obj., with adverbial of direction]move forward,especially after reaching a certain point
    (尤指达到某一点后)进而做;继续
    from the High Street, proceed over Magdalen Bridge.
    从主要大街往前走过马格德伦桥。
    ■[with infinitive]do something as a natural or seemingly inevitable next step
    继续,接下去
    opposite the front door was a staircase which I proceeded to climb.
    前门对面是我接着要爬的楼梯。
    ■(Law)start a lawsuit against someone
    (律)起诉人;诉讼
    he may still be able to proceed against the contractor under the common law negligence rules.
    他仍然可以根据普通法过失行为条例起诉承包商。
    ■(of an action)be started
    (行动)已开始;进行
    negotiations must proceed without delay.
    谈判必须紧锣密鼓地进行。
    ■(of an action) be carried on or continued
    行动)进行;继续
    as the excavation proceeds the visible layers can be recorded and studied.
    随着挖掘的进展,就可以对可见层做记录和研究。
    ■(Brit. dated)advance to a higher rank, status, or education
    (英,旧)晋升,(教育方面)升学,升级
    he did not proceed to university in his seventeenth year.
    他十七岁时没有升入大学。
    ■originate from
    来自,出自
    his claim that all power proceeded from God.
    他那一切力量来自上帝的断言。
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French proceder, from Latin procedere, from pro- 'forward' + cedere 'go'
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