词典释义：
释义
v.
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）
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the meeting was adjourned until December 4 会议延期至１２月４日举行
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[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）
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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）
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sentence was adjourned for a social inquiry report .由于社会调查报告而延期宣判。
易错必背词
词源
"Middle English （in the sense ‘summon someone to appear on a particular day’）： from Old French