adjourn
verb [intransitive, transitive, often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they adjourn | |
| he / she / it adjourns | |
| past simple adjourned | |
| past participle adjourned | |
| -ing form adjourning |
to stop a meeting or an official process, especially a trial, for a period of time 休庭；休会；延期 The court adjourned for lunch. 午餐时间法庭休庭。 - adjourn something
The trial has been adjourned until next week. 审判延期至下周。 The chairman may adjourn the meeting at any time. 主席可以随时休会。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifec2Magistrates adjourned the hearing until May 14. 治安法官将听证会延期至5月14日。 Mr Justice Latham adjourned sentence until Friday week. 莱瑟姆法官将判决延期至下周五。 The case was adjourned for a week. 本案休庭了一个星期。 The court will normally adjourn to allow the collection of further evidence. 法院通常会休庭，以便收集进一步的证据。 The inquest was adjourned pending further investigations. 审理暂缓，等候进一步调查。 The trial was adjourned indefinitely. 审判被无限期推迟。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- indefinitely
- sine die
- for
- pending
- to
- …
Word OriginMiddle 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’.