a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result

the peace process 和平进程

Increasing the number of women in top management jobs will be a slow process. 增加高管职位妇女的人数将是一个缓慢的过程。

This decision may delay the process of European unification. 这一决策可能会推迟欧洲一体化的进程。

The party has begun the painful (= difficult) process of rethinking its policies and strategy. 该党开始了重新审视其政策和战略的艰难历程。

Going to court to obtain compensation is a long process. 起诉要求赔偿是一个漫长的过程。

She arrived at the correct answer by a process of elimination (= by deciding against each answer that was unlikely to be correct until only one was left). 她使用排除法找到了正确答案。

a series of changes that happen naturally

the digestive process 消化过程

the ageing process 衰老的过程

It's all part of the learning process. 这完全是学习过程的一部分。

a method of producing goods in a factory by treating natural substances

They have developed a new process for extracting aluminium from bauxite. 他们创造出一种从铝土矿中提炼铝的新工艺。

be in the process of doing somethingidiom C2 在…的进程中

in the processidiom C2 同时，在…的过程中

to deal with documents in an official way

Visa applications take 28 days to process. 办理签证申请需要28天的时间。

If a computer processes information, it performs a particular series of operations on the information, such as a set of calculations.

to prepare, change, or treat food or natural substances as a part of an industrial operation

a waste processing plant 废物处理厂

to think about a difficult or sad situation so that you can gradually accept it

Returning soldiers need time to process what they have experienced in combat. 返乡的士兵需要时间来消化他们在战场上经历的一切。

to make pictures from photographic film

I need to get those films processed. 我得把那些底片洗出来。

to walk slowly

We watched them process down the aisle. 我们看着他们沿着走廊慢慢地走了过去。