a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end 步骤,程序;方法 military operations could jeopardize the peace process. 军事行动可能危害和平进程。 ■a natural or involuntary series of changes (自然或偶然的)变化过程 the ageing process. 衰老过程。 ■a systematic series of mechanized or chemical operations that are performed in order to produce or manufacture something 加工;工序 the modern block printer needs to accommodate all the traditional factory processes in one shop. 如今的刻版印刷商必须在一个车间里容纳所有传统工序。 ■[as modifier](Printing)relating to or denoting printing using ink in three colours (cyan, magenta, and yellow) and black to produce a complete range of colour (印刷)三原色的;三色版的 process inks. 三色油墨。
(Law)a summons or writ requiring a person to appear in court (律)传票
(Biology & Anatomy)a natural appendage or outgrowth on or in an organism, such as a protuberance on a bone (生,剖)端突,突起
verb [with obj.]
perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on (something) in order to change or preserve it 对…进行加工 the various stages in processing the wool. 羊毛加工的各个阶段。 ■(Computing)operate on (data) by means of a program (计算机)处理(数据) ■deal with (someone) using an official and established procedure (按正式程序)处理(某人);审核,检查 the immigration authorities who processed him. 对他进行审核的移民当局。
常用词组 be in the process of doing something
be continuing with an action already started 在…的进程中 a hurricane that was in the process of devastating South Carolina. 正在肆虐南卡罗来纳州的飓风。
in the process
as an unintended part of a course of action 在此过程中(表示一种未想到或不希望的情况) she would make him pay for this, even if she killed herself in the process. 她一定要让他为此付出代价,哪怕在此过程中自己可能会丧命。
in process of time
as time goes on 随着时间的推移,逐渐
派生 processable adjective 语源
Middle English: from Old French proces, from Latin processus 'progression, course', from the verb procedere (see proceed). Current senses of the verb date from the late 19th cent
process2 [prəˈsɛs] verb
[no obj., with adverbial of direction]walk or march in procession 列队行进 they processed down the aisle. 他们列队穿过通道。