adjourn
英 [əˈdʒɜːn]
美 [əˈdʒɜːrn]
v. 休庭; 休会; 延期
过去分词：adjourned 过去式：adjourned 现在分词：adjourning 复数：adjourns 第三人称单数：adjourns
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同义词辨析
deferadjourndelaypostponeput off【导航词义：推迟】
deferv. 推迟，延期
〔辨析〕
较正式用词，多指故意拖延。
〔例证〕
The students would like to defer their discussion until next Monday afternoon.
学生们想把讨论会推迟到下星期一下午进行。
The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months.
银行同意他们延期4个月付款。
Hand in your proposal as soon as possible - you have deferred too long.
尽快提交你的议案——你拖延得太久了。
学生们想把讨论会推迟到下星期一下午进行。
The bank agreed to defer their payments for four months.
银行同意他们延期4个月付款。
Hand in your proposal as soon as possible - you have deferred too long.
尽快提交你的议案——你拖延得太久了。
adjournv. 休（会），休（庭），延期
〔辨析〕
指会议休会、法庭休庭或审判延期。
〔例证〕
The meeting is adjourned for an unknown reason.
会议莫名其妙地休会了。
It was almost 10 o'clock when the court adjourned.
法庭休庭的时候差不多已经10点了。
The trial will be adjourned until June.
审判将推迟到6月。
会议莫名其妙地休会了。
It was almost 10 o'clock when the court adjourned.
法庭休庭的时候差不多已经10点了。
The trial will be adjourned until June.
审判将推迟到6月。
delayv. （使）推迟，耽搁
〔辨析〕
多指由于外在原因而推迟或耽误，有时也指有意推迟。
〔例证〕
The rain delayed the opening ceremony for one hour.
大雨使开幕式延迟了1个小时。
The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.
董事会决定把休假推迟到下周。
Don't delay - homework right now!
别拖了，现在就写作业！
大雨使开幕式延迟了1个小时。
The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.
董事会决定把休假推迟到下周。
Don't delay - homework right now!
别拖了，现在就写作业！
postponev. 延迟，延缓
〔辨析〕
多指有计划地延期，通常会明确延期到何时。
〔例证〕
They planned to postpone their trip until the spring.
他们打算把旅行推迟到春天。
Nokia has postponed the release of its new product.
诺基亚已经推迟了新产品的发布。
他们打算把旅行推迟到春天。
Nokia has postponed the release of its new product.
诺基亚已经推迟了新产品的发布。
put offphr.v. 推迟，延期
〔辨析〕
尤指因出现问题或不想现在做某事而推迟，作此义解时常可与 delay 换用。
〔例证〕
The sports meeting has been put off/delayed until tomorrow due to bad weather.
由于天气恶劣，运动会推迟到明天举行。
The meeting has been put off/delayed until next week so that more people can attend.
为了使更多的人可以参加，此次会议已推迟到下周。
由于天气恶劣，运动会推迟到明天举行。
The meeting has been put off/delayed until next week so that more people can attend.
为了使更多的人可以参加，此次会议已推迟到下周。
短语用例
adjourn to…
- （尤指为了休息放松）到别处，换地方
to go to another place, especially in order to relax- The court adjourned for lunch.
午餐时间法庭休庭。 - The trial has been adjourned until next week.
审判延期至下周。
- The court adjourned for lunch.
牛津词典
verb
- 休庭；休会；延期
to stop a meeting or an official process, especially a trial, for a period of time- The court adjourned for lunch.
午餐时间法庭休庭。 - The trial has been adjourned until next week.
审判延期至下周。
- The court adjourned for lunch.
柯林斯词典
- V-ERG 休（会）；休（庭）
If a meeting or trialis adjournedor if itadjourns, it is stopped for a short time.- The proceedings have now been adjourned until next week...
会议休会至下周重开。 - I am afraid the court may not adjourn until three or even later.
我担心法庭要到3点或更晚时才会休庭。
- The proceedings have now been adjourned until next week...
英英释义
verb
- close at the end of a session
- The court adjourned
- break from a meeting or gathering
- We adjourned for lunch
- The men retired to the library
双语例句
- I move that the meeting shall adjourn for ten minutes.
我提议会议应该休息十分钟。 - Shall we adjourn to the bar?
我们到酒吧去歇一会儿，好吗？ - The chairman may at any stage of the hearing of an appeal adjourn the hearing to a later time or date.
主席可于上诉聆讯的任何阶段，将聆讯押后至较后时间或日期。 - I am afraid the court may not adjourn until three or even later.
我担心法庭要到3点或更晚时才会休庭。 - After the meeting we will all adjourn to the Rose Room of this hotel for a buffet dinner.
在会议结束后，我们针到宾馆的玫瑰厅享用自助晚餐。 - One member made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and another seconded it.
一成员提出休会，另一位则表示支持。 - He moved to adjourn, but was voted down by the opposition group.
他建议休会，但被反对集团投票否决了。 - He's the one who always makes or seconds the motion to adjourn.
他总能提出或支持一项休会的建议。 - Could I suggest that we adjourn for today and meet tomorrow morning at ten o'clock?
我建议今天的会议延期，我们明天上午10点再开，好吗？ - Let's adjourn until tomorrow.
咱们休会，明天继续进行。