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

• We moved for an adjournment of half an hour.
  我们提议休会半小时。
• A motion might refer to a caucus, an adjournment, an introduction to a draft resolution, or closing the debate.
  这些动议的内容可以是进行磋商、休会、介绍决议草案或者进入投票阶段。
• 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。
• Other circumstances that warrant the adjournment.
  其他应当延期的情形。
• Counsel prevailed upon the judge to grant an adjournment.
  律师劝说法官休庭。
• The administration wants Congress to approve the rescue legislation before its scheduled adjournment on Friday, but there is no clear indication that that timetable will hold.
  布什政府希望国会在星期五国会休会之前批准这项救助立法。但是目前还没有明确迹象显示国会将按照这个时间表如期完成有关的立法程序。
• The defendant has applied for an adjournment.
  被告提出休庭申请。
• The judge granted us a short adjournment.
  法官准予我们短期休庭。
• 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。
• Judicial Proceedings ( Adjournment During Gale Warnings) Ordinance [ Cap. 62]
  司法程序（烈风警告期间聆讯延期）条例〔第62章〕