adjourn 音标拼音: [ədʒ'ɚn]
vi . 延期,休会,换地方
vt . 使中止
延期,休会,换地方使中止
adjourn v 1 :
close at the end of a session ; "
The court adjourned " [
synonym :
{
adjourn }, {
recess }, {
break up }]
2 :
break from a meeting or gathering ; "
We adjourned for lunch ";
"
The men retired to the library " [
synonym : {
adjourn }, {
withdraw },
{
retire }]
Adjourn \
Ad *
journ \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Adjourned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Adjourning }.] [
OE .
ajornen ,
OF .
ajoiner ,
ajurner ,
F .
ajourner ;
OF .
a (
L .
ad )
jor ,
jur ,
jorn ,
F .
jour ,
day ,
fr .
L .
diurnus belonging to the day ,
fr .
dies day .
Cf . {
Journal },
{
Journey }.]
To put off or defer to another day ,
or indefinitely ;
to postpone ;
to close or suspend for the day ; --
commonly said of the meeting ,
or the action ,
of convened body ;
as ,
to adjourn the meeting ;
to adjourn a debate .
[
1913 Webster ]
It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time . --
Barrow .
[
1913 Webster ]
'
Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
To delay ;
defer ;
postpone ;
put off ;
suspend .
Usage :
To {
Adjourn }, {
Prorogue }, {
Dissolve }.
These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate .
Adjourn ,
both in Great Britain and this country ,
is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period ,
with a view to meet again .
Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government ,
as the sovereign ,
which brings a session of Parliament to a close .
The word is not used in this country ,
but a legislative body is said ,
in such a case ,
to adjourn sine die .
To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body .
In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted .
[
1913 Webster ]
Adjourn \
Ad *
journ "\,
v .
i .
To suspend business for a time ,
as from one day to another ,
or for a longer period ,
or indefinitely ;
usually ,
to suspend public business ,
as of legislatures and courts ,
or other convened bodies ;
as ,
congress adjourned at four o '
clock ;
the court adjourned without day .
[
1913 Webster ]
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "
adjourn ":
break up ,
close ,
continue ,
curb ,
defer ,
delay ,
disband ,
discontinue ,
disperse ,
dissolve ,
drag out ,
extend ,
hang fire ,
hang up ,
hold back ,
hold off ,
hold over ,
hold up ,
lay aside ,
lay by ,
lay over ,
pigeonhole ,
postpone ,
prolong ,
prorogate ,
prorogue ,
protract ,
push aside ,
put aside ,
put off ,
put on ice ,
recess ,
reserve ,
restrain ,
rise ,
set aside ,
set by ,
shelve ,
shift off ,
sleep on ,
stand over ,
stave off ,
stay ,
stretch out ,
suspend ,
table ,
take a recess ,
terminate ,
waive
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