adjourn
/əˈdʒɜːn/verb
with obj.(一般作be adjourned)
1- 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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- 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。
派生词
adjournment
noun词源
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'.