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"Ceremonial" describes something done as part of a formal ceremony - a special, traditional event - rather than for a practical, everyday reason. A "ceremonial sword" isn't used for real fighting; it's carried for show during official events. A "ceremonial role" (like some kings and queens have today) means someone appears at official events and represents the country but doesn't hold real power. The key idea: ceremonial things are about tradition and appearance, not everyday function.
儀式的、典禮的；象徵性的（非實質的）
組成Built from "ceremony," a formal event.
同家族的字
- ceremonyceremonial is the adjective form of 'ceremony'
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ceremonialadj/ˌsɛɹɪˈməʊnɪ.əl/
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Of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony.
- What mockery will it be / To want the bridegroom when the priest attends / To speak the ceremonial rites of marriage!
- His merit introduced him to ſplendid tables and elegant acquaintance, but he did not find himſelf alvvays qualified to join in the converſation. He vvas diſtreſſed by civilities, vvhich he knevv not hovv to repay, and entangled in many ceremonial perplexities, from vvhich his books and diagrams could not extricate him.
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Used only for the purpose of ceremony; symbolic.
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obsoleteSynonym of ceremonious (“of a person: fond of ceremony or ritual, or of observing strict etiquette or formality; punctilious”).
- Oh monstrous, superstitious puritan, / Of refin’d manners, yet ceremoniall man, […]
- [W]ith dumb Pride, and a set formal Face, / He moves, in the dull Ceremonial track, […]
ceremonialnoun/ˌsɛɹɪˈməʊnɪ.əl/
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A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.
- Curt’sies, and the usual Ceremonials between Women who are Strangers to each other being past, Sophia said, ‘I have not the Pleasure to know you, Madam.’
- Public ceremonies, such as ordinations, the installation of magistrates, and all that could give majesty to the forms in which a new government manifested itself to the people, were, as a matter of policy, marked by a stately and well-conducted ceremonial, and a sombre, but yet a studied magnificence.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。