vi. & vt.休会；休庭；延期stop a meeting or an official process for a period of time, especially in court of law

　～ a case　延期审理案件
　～ a decision　推迟作出决定
　～ a meeting　休会
　～ for one's holiday　中止各种活动而度假
　～ meeting for lunch　暂时休会去吃午饭
　～ the discussion for a week　讨论会延期一个星期
　～ to a larger hall　移至较大的会议厅举行

　The meeting adjourned at five.　会议在5时休会。
　The court adjourned for lunch.　法庭休庭去吃午餐。
　Shall we adjourn for lunch? 　我们停下来吃午饭好吗?
　The committee adjourned for an hour.　委员会休会一小时。
　The court adjourned from Friday until Monday.　法庭从星期五休庭至下个星期一。
　This court will adjourn until tomorrow.　本法庭暂时休庭，明日继续审理。
　The committee adjourned consideration of the question.　委员会推延考虑这个问题。
　The chairman may adjourn the meeting at any time.　主席任何时候都可宣布休会。
　The judge decided to adjourn the court for two hours.　法官决定休庭两个小时。
　The chairman adjourned the meeting for three days.　主席把会议推迟了3天。
　He adjourned the meeting until tomorrow.　他把会议延期到明天。
　Shall we adjourn this discussion until tomorrow? 　我们暂时停止讨论明天再进行好吗?
　We shall adjourn the meeting until Wednesday.　我们将休会至星期三再复会。
　The committee voted to adjourn the meeting until 2 p.m.　委员会投票决定休会至下午两点重开。
　The conference is adjourned.　会谈休会。
　They propose that the meeting be adjourned.　他们建议休会。
　The meeting was adjourned for a week.　休会一周。
　The negotiations were adjourned for a week.　谈判中止了一星期。
　The case was adjourned until next Monday.　此案推延到下星期一审理。
　The trial has been adjourned until next week.　审判延期至下周。
　I adjourn what I have to say on this topic.　对于这个问题我暂不发表意见。

 ♣ adjourn to　(v.+prep.)
　（尤指为了休息放松）到另一房间，到别处　go to another room or place, especially in order to relax
　Let us adjourn to next room.　让我们到隔壁房间吧！
　Let's adjourn to the classroom.　我们到教室去吧。
　After the meeting we all adjourned to the pub.　会后我们全体转往酒馆。
　After dinner they adjourned to the drawing room.　饭后他们移到客厅。
　The jury left their seats and adjourned to another room.　陪审团成员离座到另一个房间去了。
　We finished dinner and adjourned to the sunny garden.　我们吃完饭，来到充满阳光的花园。
　When dinner was over, they adjourned to the sitting room.　宴会结束时，他们都到客厅里去了。
　I suggest we adjourn to the bar for a drink.　我建议我们去酒吧喝一杯。
　Shall we adjourn to the sitting room for coffee? 　我们移到起居室里喝咖啡好吗?
　After dinner they adjourned to the lounge to talk.　饭后他们到休息室谈话去了。

　［派生词］ adjournment n.休会，延期
　［同义词］ delay, postpone, put off, suspend