procession

英 [prə'seʃn] 美 [prə'seʃn]

• n. 队伍；行列
• v. 列队行进

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]队伍,行列

   number of people, vehicles, etc. moving along in an orderly way, especially as part of a ceremony or demonstration

2. [U]列队行进

   action of moving forward in this way

英英释义

Noun:

1. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;

   "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"
   "the rising of the Holy Ghost"
   "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"
   

2. the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation;

   "processions were forbidden"
   

3. the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They watched the procession go past.
   他们观看游行队伍经过。
2. The royal procession will be televised.
   国王的仪仗行列将由电视播送。
3. The funeral procession choked up Lorna.
   那送葬行列使洛娜流下了眼泪。

用作动词 (v.)

1. There was a bomb scare during the procession.
   在列队行进时因怀疑有炸弹而引起恐慌。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. A funeral procession filled the street.
   送葬队伍挤满了街道。
2. The students entered the school in procession.
   学生们排队进入学校。

经典引文

• A procession of wars which had lasted for thirty years.

  出自： W. S. Churchill

• The procession, from Buckingham Palace..to Westminster Abbey.

  出自： S. Weintraub

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• break up〔lead〕 a procession 解散〔率领〕队伍
• fall into〔form〕 a procession 列队
• hold a procession 列队游行
• lead the procession of 排在…行列之首
• review processions 检阅队列

形容词+～

• ceremonial procession 仪仗队
• funeral procession 出殡队伍,葬礼的行列
• solemn procession 庄严的行列

名词+～

• marriage〔wedding〕 procession 婚礼的行列

介词+～

• during procession 在列队行进中
• in a procession 在列队中
• march〔walk〕 in a procession 在列队中前进

～+介词

• a procession of children 一队孩子
• a procession of mourners 送葬者的行列

词义辨析

parade，demonstration，procession

• 这些名词均含“游行”之意。
• parade多指盛大和正式的游行，有检阅等活动。
• demonstration侧重指抗议的示威性游行。
• procession指举行庆祝活动或盛大仪式时庄严行进的有秩序的游行队伍或行列。

近反义词

【近义词】

• march
• parade