adjournment

英 [əˈdʒɜːnmənt]

美 [əˈdʒɜːrnmənt]

n.  休会;休庭

复数：adjournments　

法律

BNC.16287 / COCA.33624

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 休会;休庭
  Anadjournmentis a temporary stopping of a trial, enquiry, or other meeting.
  1. The court ordered a four month adjournment.
     法庭决定休庭4个月。

英英释义

noun

• the termination of a meeting
  Synonym:dissolution
• the act of postponing to another time or place

双语例句

• Us adjournment to a day certain.
  国会会议中止到某确定日。
• He said his party would move an adjournment to defer the bill's second and third readings if the government I isted on going ahead with the vote next week.
  他说若政府一意孤行要在下周如期表决，自由党会在二读和三读时提出动议，要求押后立法。
• The court met again after an adjournment of two weeks.
  法庭休庭两周后继续开庭。
• The court ordered a four month adjournment.
  法庭决定休庭4个月。
• Or ( 4) other circumstances that warrant the adjournment.
  （四）其他应当延期的情形。
• Be the first to move for adjournment; this will make you popular-it's what everyone is waiting for.
  要第一个建议休会，这样你会很受欢迎&别人都等着呢。
• Counsel prevailed upon the judge to grant an adjournment.
  律师劝说法官休庭。
• Other circumstances that warrant the adjournment.
  其他应当延期的情形。
• Save as aforesaid it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.
  除此之外，无须对延期举行的会议和将在延期举行的会议上所处理的商务事物做出书面通知。
• We moved for an adjournment of half an hour.
  我们提议休会半小时。