procession

IPA/prəˈseʃn/
KK[prəsˈɛʃən]IPA/prəˈseʃn/

procession — 名詞

  • processionsingular
  • processionsplural

1. a group of people, vehicles, or animals that move forward together in a line, fo

1.名詞C2
釋義

行列；遊行

正式活動中排隊前進的人群或車輛

a group of people, vehicles, or animals that move forward together in a line, for example during a wedding, funeral, festival, or other formal occasion

例句

The wedding procession walked slowly down the path toward the church at the garden's edge.

婚禮隊伍沿著小徑緩緩走向花園盡頭的教堂。

collocation: wedding procession

Thousands of people lined the streets to watch the carnival procession with its colourful floats.

數千人沿街觀看嘉年華遊行，欣賞色彩繽紛的花車。

常見搭配
  • wedding procession
  • funeral procession
  • carnival procession
  • royal procession
  • lead the procession
  • join the procession
  • procession passes
  • form a procession
  • in procession
同義詞
  • parade

    more celebratory and informal; a parade often has music and spectators cheering, while a procession can be solemn

  • cortege

    specifically for a funeral procession; formal and less common

  • cavalcade

    a procession of vehicles or riders on horses; often grand or impressive

用法筆記

Frequently appears with an adjective describing the occasion: 'wedding procession,' 'funeral procession,' 'carnival procession,' 'royal procession.' The verb most commonly used with this sense is 'march' or 'walk' — people in a procession move together at a slow, deliberate pace.

常見錯誤

The whole wedding procession lasted four hours, including dinner and speeches.
The whole wedding celebration lasted four hours, and the procession was only one part of it.
'procession' names the moving line of people, not the entire event.

2. a situation in which many individuals or objects follow one another in a steady

2.名詞B2
釋義

一連串

大量的人或事物接連出現

a situation in which many individuals or objects follow one another in a steady flow, one after the next

例句

A steady procession of taxis pulled up outside the hotel to collect the guests.

一輛接一輛的計程車陸續停在飯店門口接載客人。

pattern: procession of + [plural noun]

Chiara faced a long procession of job interviews before she finally received an offer.

Chiara 經歷了一連串工作面試之後，才終於收到錄取通知。

常見搭配
  • procession of
  • steady procession
  • endless procession
  • long procession
  • constant procession
同義詞
  • stream

    suggests a continuous flow, often of people or traffic, like 'a stream of visitors'

  • series

    more neutral and factual; 'a series of events' does not imply the same visual image of movement

  • succession

    formal; 'a succession of managers' emphasizes the order they came in

文法句型

procession + of + [plural noun]

用法筆記

Always followed by 'of' + plural noun. The subject is not literally marching in a line — it describes a rapid or continuous sequence. Common with 'a steady procession of,' 'a long procession of,' 'an endless procession of.' This sense cannot be counted — it is singular only.

常見錯誤

There were many processions of visitors.
There was a constant procession of visitors.
This sense is always singular; it describes one ongoing series, not individual separate groups.

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常用片語

  • in procession
  • lead the procession

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