ceremony
noun
uk/ˈser.ɪ.mə.ni/us/ˈser.ə.mə.ni/ceremonynoun(FORMAL ACTS)
B1[CorU](formalceremonial)
(a set of)formalacts, oftenfixedandtraditional,performedonimportantsocialorreligiousoccasions:
典礼；仪式awedding/graduationceremony结婚／毕业典礼
- We weren'tmarriedinchurch, but we had acivilceremony in aregistryoffice.
- TheOlympicsclimaxedin aspectacularclosingceremony.
- Theglitteringceremonyconjuredupimagesof Russia'simperialpast.
- Severalforeigndignitariesattendedthe ceremony.
- Thequeen, infullceremonialdress,presidedover the ceremony.
Ceremonies
- anti-ritualism
- cavalcade
- ceremonial
- ceremonially
- commemorate
- dub
- induction
- initiate
- investiture
- knight
- master of ceremonies
- memorial service
- nuptials
- pageant
- rite of passage
- ritual
- ritualistic
- ritualistically
- salute
- troop
ceremonynoun(FORMAL BEHAVIOUR)
[U]
veryformalandpolitebehaviour:
礼节；礼仪；客套Shearrivedat theairportwithout thepompandceremony that usuallyaccompaniesimportantpoliticians.她抵达了机场，没有通常与重要政界人士相伴的盛况和礼仪。
Ihandedher myletterofresignationwithoutceremony(= in aninformalway).我毫不客气地向她递交了辞职书。
Manners & levels of formality
- buttoned-down
- casualization
- ceremonious
- ceremoniously
- decency
- formally
- genteel
- genteelly
- gentility
- grace
- ground rules
- non-formal
- non-U
- not the done thingidiom
- over-familiar
- propriety
- solemnity
- unbuttoned
- valediction
- valedictory