[with obj.](一般作 be adjourned)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。 ■[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。 ■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 adjournment noun 语源
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'