The verb is pronounced /prə'siːd/. The plural noun in meaning 5 is pronounced /'prəʊsiːdz/. 动词读作 /prə'siːd/，义项5的复数名词读作 /'prəʊsiːdz/。
1
[VERB 动词]接下来做；接着做 If you
proceed to do something, you do it, often after doing something else first.
He proceeded to tell me of my birth...
他接着给我讲我出生的事。
He asked for ice for his whiskey and proceeded to get contentedly drunk.
他要求在威士忌里加冰，接着心满意足地喝了个酩酊大醉。
2
[VERB 动词]继续进行；继续做 If you
proceed with a course of action, you continue with it.
[V with n]
[V]
[FORMAL 正式]
The group proceeded with a march they knew would lead to bloodshed...
这个团体继续示威游行，他们知道这将导致流血事件的发生。
The trial has been delayed until November because the defence is not ready to proceed.
因为被告方没有做好应诉的准备，审判已经被延期至11月份。
3
[VERB 动词]（活动、过程或事件）继续，持续，连续不断 If an activity, process, or event
proceeds, it goes on and does not stop.
The ideas were not new. Their development had proceeded steadily since the war...
这些并不是什么新思想，自从战争开始就一直稳定地发展演变。
Efforts to reform the Interior Ministry have not yet proceeded very far.
对内政部进行改革的尝试还没有取得很大进展。
4
[VERB 动词]（朝某个方向）前进，行进 If you
proceed in a particular direction, you go in that direction.
[V prep/adv]
[V]
[FORMAL 正式]
She climbed the steps and proceeded along the upstairs hallway...
她爬上楼梯，顺着楼上的走廊走去。
The freighter was allowed to proceed after satisfying them that it was not breaking sanctions.
在确认没有违反制裁条例后，货船被放行了。
5
[N-PLURAL 复数名词]（某个事件或活动的）收入，收益 The proceeds of an event or activity are the money that has been obtained from it.
The proceeds of the arms sales were then funneled to Contra fighters in Central America...
出售武器所得的收入随后用来支持了中美洲的反政府武装组织。
The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief.
音乐会的收入将用于救助饥荒。