adjourn

adjourn
[əˈdʒəːn]
verb

[with obj.](一般作 be adjourned)break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later
休（会），中止，把…延期，推迟（案件，比赛）
the meeting was adjourned until December 4.
会议延期至12月4日举行。
[no obj.]let's adjourn and reconvene at 2 o'clock.
我们现在休会，2点再集合。
■[no obj., with adverbial](of people who are together) go somewhere else, typically for refreshment
（一群人）换地方（尤指休息）
they adjourned to a local pub.
他们改换地点去了本地一家小酒馆。
■put off or postpone (a resolution or sentence)
延迟，推迟（决议，宣判）
sentence was adjourned for a social inquiry report.
由于社会调查报告而延期宣判。

派生
adjournment
noun
语源

Middle English (in the sense 'summon someone to appear on a particular day'): from Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jorn (nome) 'to an (appointed) day'

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