Cremation is the act — and often the funeral ceremony — of burning a dead body until it becomes ashes, rather than burying it.

Cremation火葬 is the act — and often the funeral ceremony —是指這件事，通常也包含葬禮儀式——of burning a dead body until it becomes ashes把遺體燒成骨灰的過程，rather than burying it而不是用土葬的方式。

The word names the practice and the event, not the building and not the ashes themselves. People say “the cremation is on Friday” for the occasion, and “cremation is common here” for the custom.

The word names the practice and the event這個字指的是這個做法和這件事本身，not the building and not the ashes themselves不是指那棟建築，也不是指骨灰本身。People say “the cremation is on Friday” for the occasion講到那場儀式時，大家會說「the cremation is on Friday」，and “cremation is common here” for the custom講到這個習俗時，會說「cremation is common here」。

It is formal and serious. Though actually, how people feel about it is not tidy: for some families it is practical and normal; for others it is painful or against belief.

It is formal and serious這是個正式、嚴肅的字。Though actually不過其實，how people feel about it is not tidy大家對這件事的感受並不是整整齊齊的：for some families it is practical and normal對有些家庭來說這很實際、很平常；for others it is painful or against belief對另一些家庭來說，這卻很痛苦，或違背信仰。

A short gloss may make this look like a verb. It is not. The verb is cremate; cremation is the burning and the rite around it.

A short gloss may make this look like a verb簡短的解釋可能會讓人誤以為這是個動詞。It is not其實不是。The verb is cremate動詞是 cremate；cremation is the burning and the rite around it而 cremation 指的是焚燒這件事和周圍的儀式。