adjourn

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈdʒɜːn/    美 /əˈd͡ʒɝn/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To postpone. transitive
    — The trial was adjourned for a week.
  2. To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely. transitive
    — It is a common practice […]to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
  3. To end or suspend an event. intransitive
    — The court will adjourn for lunch.
  4. To move as a group from one place to another. formal,intransitive,uncommon
    — After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

词形变化

adjourns present,singular,third-person adjourning participle,present adjourned participle,past adjourned past

词汇关系

衍生词
adjournable adjournal adjourner adjournment nonadjournment readjourn readjournment

词源

From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day").
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