ad·journ
verb/əˈdʒɜːn/
/əˈdʒɜːrn/
[intransitive, transitive, often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they adjourn | /əˈdʒɜːn/ /əˈdʒɜːrn/ |
| he / she / it adjourns | /əˈdʒɜːnz/ /əˈdʒɜːrnz/ |
| past simple adjourned | /əˈdʒɜːnd/ /əˈdʒɜːrnd/ |
| past participle adjourned | /əˈdʒɜːnd/ /əˈdʒɜːrnd/ |
| -ing form adjourning | /əˈdʒɜːnɪŋ/ /əˈdʒɜːrnɪŋ/ |
- 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.
主席可随时休会。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifec2- Magistrates adjourned the hearing until May 14.
地方法官将听证会推迟至 5 月 14 日。 - Mr Justice Latham adjourned sentence until Friday week.
莱瑟姆法官将刑期推迟到周五。 - 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.
法庭通常会休庭以收集进一步的证据。 - 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 somebody to appear on a particular day’): from Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jorn (nome) ‘to an (appointed) day’. - The court adjourned for lunch.