procedure

英 [prəˈsiːdʒə(r)]

美 [prəˈsiːdʒər]

n. (正常)程序，手续，步骤; (商业、法律或政治上的)程序; 手术

复数：procedures　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.897 / COCA.1369

牛津词典

noun

（正常）程序，手续，步骤
a way of doing sth, especially the usual or correct way
1. maintenance procedures
  维修程序
2. emergency/safety/disciplinary procedures
  紧急状况 / 安全事务 / 纪律问题的处理程序
3. to follow normal/standard/accepted procedure
  遵循正常的 / 标准的 / 惯用的步骤
4. Making a complaint is quite a simple procedure.
  申诉的手续相当简单。
（商业、法律或政治上的）程序
the official or formal order or way of doing sth, especially in business, law or politics
1. court/legal/parliamentary procedure
  法庭 / 司法 / 议会程序
手术
a medical operation
1. to perform a routine surgical procedure
  做常规的外科手术

noun

a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
1. the operations in building a house
2. certain machine tool operations
Synonym:operation
a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
1. the procedure of obtaining a driver's license
2. it was a process of trial and error
Synonym:process
a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Synonym:routinesubroutinesubprogramfunction

Can the RUNSTATS command be issued from within an SQL routine ( procedure, UDF, method)?
可以在SQL例程（过程、UDF和方法）中发出RUNSTATS命令吗？
British Parliamentary procedure is perplexing at the best of times.
即使在最好情况下，英国议会的程序也很费解。
A routine and a stored procedure are synonymous in DB2 UDB.
在DB2UDB中存储过程和例程是同义的。
As with the previous procedure, this variable also returns the result.
和前一个过程一样，该过程也返回结果。
It has passed through an interesting procedure of evolution.
它经过了一个有趣的进化过程。
Police insist that Michael did not follow the correct procedure in applying for a visa
警方坚持称迈克尔没有按照正确的程序申请签证。
The White House said there would be no change in procedure.
白宫说程序上不会发生变化。
Social security law and procedure remain a jungle of complex rules.
有关社会保障的法律和程序仍旧是个充满错综复杂的规则的危险领域。
To illustrate the procedure and to lend concreteness to the ideas expressed in this section, a specific boundary-value problem is studied.
为了说明方法和对本节所表示的概念的具体化，将研究一个特殊的边界值问题。
There is a small risk of brain damage from the procedure
该手术有导致脑损伤的轻微风险。