| 词汇 | adjourn |
| 释义 | adjourn verb[ I or T ] formaluk /əˈdʒɜːn/ us /əˈdʒɝːn/ to have a pause or rest during a formal meeting or trial: （使）休会;（使）休庭 The meeting was adjourned until Tuesday.休会至星期二。 Shall we adjourn for lunch?我们暂停先去吃午饭好吗？ Cancelling and interrupting adjourn to somewhere arrest break break the cycle broke call someone/something off diversion halt in midstreamidiom kick kick something into touchidiom rain scratch scrub shut (something) off suspend suspended game suspensive take a break uncancelled Related wordadjournment Phrasal verbadjourn to somewhere adjourn | American Dictionaryadjourn verb[ I/T ] us/əˈdʒɜrn/ to rest or pause during a meeting or trial: [ T ]They adjourned the meeting until after lunch. adjournmentnoun[ C/U ]us/əˈdʒɜrn·mənt/ [ C ]There was a two-day adjournment in the trial. adjourn | Business Englishadjourn verb[ I or T ] formaluk /əˈdʒɜːn/us MEETINGS, LAW to temporarily end a meeting or trial: adjourn for sthThe meeting adjourned for lunch. adjourn a case/hearing/trial/inquest/meetingThe district judge adjourned the case for 16 weeks to allow time for experts to give evidence. Phrasal verbadjourn to somewhere Examples of adjournadjourn Both parties agreed to adjourn the parliamentary debate on the bill proposed by the preceding cabinet. They adjourn further analysis of such qualities by expressing their distaste for, or at best, faintly embarrassed appreciation of, her intensely personal, perilously autobiographical, violently passionate style. My case going to be adjourned anyway. A meeting had been summoned for to- morrow but, at the request of both sides, it stands adjourned for some little time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I see no earthly reason, in any case, why we should adjourn the report. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If he has such anticipations why does he object to adjourning for only three weeks? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Coroners are already advised to adjourn inquests until the findings of the medical panel are known. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This sitting is now adjourned, and will resume as soon as the bells indicate that work can be resumed as normal. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Do we adjourn when we are tired and fed up? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No such appeals are likely to be adjourned because of the long vacation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was my understanding that he felt we could and should be able to deal with it before we adjourned for supper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The city council's proposals were strongly opposed at the inquiry, which was adjourned by agreement so that the commissioner could explore the possibility of compromise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A coroner's inquest was opened and adjourned until today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall now adjourn the debate; it will be resumed at 3 p.m. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The sitting was adjourned at 5.05 p.m. and resumed at 5.30 p.m. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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