prorogue
/prəʊˈrəʊg/verb
1prorogues, prorogued, proroguing
with obj. discontinue a session of (a parliament or other legislative assembly) without dissolving it使（议会等）休会：James prorogued this Parliament, never to call another one.
詹姆斯中止了本届议会, 再也没有召集过另一届议会。
1.1
- no obj.(of such an assembly) be discontinued in this way（议会等）被休会：
the House was all set to prorogue.
下院准备好休会了。
派生词
prorogation
/ˌprəʊrəʊˈgeɪʃən/ noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French proroger,from Latin prorogare 'prolong，extend'，from pro-'in front of，publicly'+rogare 'ask'.