(1)(尤指商业、法律、政治等的)程序，议事程序 (order or method of doing sth， esp in business， law， politics， etc) [C， U]： (the) agreed/correct/established～商定/正确/既定的程序;according to normal legal～按正常的法律程序;follow the usual/standard～(s) 按通常/标准的程序行事;the～at committee meetings 委员会会议的程序;parliamentary～议会议事程序;What are the～s for becoming a member? 成为一个成员都需要什么手续?The chairman was quite familiar with the～for conducting a meeting. 主席非常熟悉主持会议的程序。

(2)步骤，过程(action or set of actions to be completed in order to achieve sth) [C] [N(for)]： work out a set of～s for using the machine 制定出使用这台机器的一套方法;What is the proper～for leaving the building in case of fire/opening a bank account? 发生火灾时离开这座建筑物/在银行开户的正确步骤是什么?(obtaining a refund from the company/registering a birth or death/cashing a cheque) be a simple/complicated～(从该公司退款/登记出生或死亡/兑现一张支票)手续简单/复杂;

→pro′cedural adj 程序(步骤)上的;

【辨异】procedure与process均用于指某事进行或发生的过程。process 指一系列渐进的和相互依存的步骤，通过这些步骤最终达到一个目标，如： a chemical process (化学过程);the process of growth/digestion (生长/消化过程)。procedure (程序，步骤)通常含义为做某事的一种形式上的程序或方法，如： a democratic/legal procedure (民主/法律程序);One of his first procedures was to investigate the reports. (他的第一步是先审查这些报告。)