adjourn
- IPA[əˈdʒəːn]
英式
- break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later；(of a group of people) go somewhere for rest or refreshment
verb: adjourn, 3rd person present: adjourns, gerund or present participle: adjourning, past tense: adjourned, past participle: adjourned
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later the meeting was adjourned until December 4 let's adjourn and reconvene at 2 o'clock
- ▪ (of a group of people) go somewhere for rest or refreshment they adjourned to a local pub 同義詞
- ▪ put off or postpone (a resolution or sentence) sentence was adjourned for a social inquiry report 同義詞
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- IPA[əˈjərn]
美式
- break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later: the meeting was adjourned until December 4 let's adjourn and reconvene at 2 o'clock
Oxford American Dictionary
