Adjourn
[ ə'dʒɝn ]
第2级
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vt.& vi. （使）休会，（使）休庭;
💡 词根助记
ad增加+journ日期→延期 → 延期；体会
📝 例句
The motion to adjourn was carried.
休会的提议通过了.
🌱 联想助记
【记】ad-广告,journ-journal杂志:广告中止了杂志的连惯性
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-journ-表示“日”
📖 牛津释义
adjourn
v
1
(a) [Tn usu passive 通常用於被动语态]
stop (a meeting, etc) for a time; postpone 停止（会议等）一段时间; 休（会）; 使延期
The trial was adjourned for a week/until the following week. 审讯暂停一星期[下星期继续进行].
(b) [I] (of people at a meeting, in court, etc) stop proceedings and separate （指会议, 法庭等的人）休会, 休庭
The court will adjourn for lunch. 法庭午餐时间休庭.
Let's adjourn until tomorrow. 咱们休会, 明天继续进行.
2 [Ipr] ~to... (of people who have come together) go to another place （指聚集的人）到另一处去
After dinner we all adjourned to the lounge. 饭後我们都到休息室去了. > adjournment n [C, U]
The judge granted us a short adjournment. 法官准予我们短期休庭.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'dʒә:n]vi. 休会, 换地方vt. 使中止, 推迟【法】 中止, 延期, 休会
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Excuse me for ringing you so late in the evening, but I've only just got home.
对不起，这么晚给你打电话，我刚到家。
Fish love swimming round the rocks and through holes in them.
鱼喜欢绕着岩石和穿石洞游水。
Most of the parents will not be able to pay much money.
多数家长是付不起很多钱的。