procedure

英 [prəˈsiːdʒə(r)]

美 [prəˈsiːdʒər]

n. (正常)程序，手续，步骤; (商业、法律或政治上的)程序; 手术

复数：procedures　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.897 / COCA.1369

牛津词典

noun

（正常）程序，手续，步骤
a way of doing sth, especially the usual or correct way
1. maintenance procedures
  维修程序
2. emergency/safety/disciplinary procedures
  紧急状况 / 安全事务 / 纪律问题的处理程序
3. to follow normal/standard/accepted procedure
  遵循正常的 / 标准的 / 惯用的步骤
4. Making a complaint is quite a simple procedure.
  申诉的手续相当简单。
（商业、法律或政治上的）程序
the official or formal order or way of doing sth, especially in business, law or politics
1. court/legal/parliamentary procedure
  法庭 / 司法 / 议会程序
手术
a medical operation
1. to perform a routine surgical procedure
  做常规的外科手术

noun

a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
1. the operations in building a house
2. certain machine tool operations
Synonym:operation
a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
1. the procedure of obtaining a driver's license
2. it was a process of trial and error
Synonym:process
a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Synonym:routinesubroutinesubprogramfunction

His tactics were to entangle the opposition in a web of parliamentary procedure.
他的策略是使反对派陷入错综复杂的议会程序之中。
A biopsy is usually a minor surgical procedure
活组织检查通常是一个很小的外科手术。
The third chapter mainly mentions some problems in our local economic legislative procedure.
第三章主要讲了我国地方经济立法程序中存在的主要问题。
Can the RUNSTATS command be issued from within an SQL routine ( procedure, UDF, method)?
可以在SQL例程（过程、UDF和方法）中发出RUNSTATS命令吗？
It is hoped the procedure will trigger an immune response that will wipe out HIV-infected cells while leaving non-infected cells unharmed.
希望这一治疗会激发免疫反应，清除感染了艾滋病病毒的细胞，同时又不损伤未感染细胞。
As with the previous procedure, this variable also returns the result.
和前一个过程一样，该过程也返回结果。
He minuted the procedure of the meeting.
他对会议议程做了记录。
CPU provisioning is no longer a major event; it's a standard procedure.
CPU供应不再是大事了；它是一个标准的过程。
The operation itself is a brief, painless procedure.
手术本身耗时短且没有痛苦。
Social security law and procedure remain a jungle of complex rules.
有关社会保障的法律和程序仍旧是个充满错综复杂的规则的危险领域。