正在往下走的那條線
這一家最貼近核心畫面。複數是整條線，單數是線上的其中一步。
noun · B2
The things that happen at an organized event such as a meeting, a ceremony, a show or a game, thought of as one whole from beginning to end.
現場進行的一切
核心畫面
Think of proceeding as what the verb proceed leaves behind when it turns into a noun: something moving forward, one step after another. A ceremony moves along. A court case moves along. You can point at the whole line of steps, you can pull out one single step, and you can write the line down afterwards. Every use of the word sits somewhere on that line.
可以想成 proceed（往前走）變成名詞之後留下的畫面：一件事正在一步一步往下走。典禮在往下走，案子也在往下走。你…更多收起
可以想成 proceed（往前走）變成名詞之後留下的畫面：一件事正在一步一步往下走。典禮在往下走，案子也在往下走。你可以指著整條線說話，也可以只抽出其中一步來講，還可以把整條線事後寫下來。proceeding 的幾種意思，就像都長在這條「一步接一步往前」的線上。From the word’s history
The packet's source entry gives the word by surface analysis as proceed + -ing, which lines up with the picture above: the noun names the going-forward itself.
packet 裡的來源用構詞分析把它拆成 proceed ＋ -ing。這正好對上上面那個畫面：這個名詞講的就是「往前走」這件事本身。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:997026119): 'By surface analysis, proceed + -ing.'
Three branches
法律上一步一步的程序
法律本身就是一套照順序往下走的步驟，所以「一步接一步往前」的畫面在這裡幾乎是字面的。
noun · B2
A legal action that one side starts against another and that a court or another official body deals with, from the first papers to the final decision. It is almost always used in the plural: proceedings.
訴訟程序／法律程序
走完之後留下的紀錄
同一條線，只是從「正在走」變成「走完之後留在紙上的紀錄」。
noun · C1
The official written record of what was said and done at a meeting or a conference, often printed or published as a book or a set of papers by a society, a university or a club.
會議紀錄／論文集
原始詞典資料7 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。
proceedingnoun/pɹəˈsiːdɪŋ/
- 1
The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
- 2
An event or happening; something that happens.
- I had a grandstand view of the proceedings.
- He had often painted himself at a mirror, a tortuous and fascinating proceeding, as every artist knows, and had been forced to admire the way in which he was made.
- 3
A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
- 4
Progress or movement from one thing to another.
- I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.
- 5
A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
- an illegal proceeding
- a cautious or a violent proceeding
- 6
lawAny legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
- December 7 2016, Kelly Phillips Erb writing in Forbes, House Says No To Renewed Efforts To Impeach IRS Commissioner Since impeachment is a legal proceeding, while anyone can make a motion to start the process, the Judiciary Committee determines whether there are sufficient grounds for impeachment.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。