adjourn

英 [?'d???n] 美[?'d??n]

反義詞

CET6+TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?adjourns;過(guò)去式:?adjourned;過(guò)去分詞:?adjourned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?adjourning;名詞:?adjournment;

adjourn 推遲

前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根journ, 天，見(jiàn)journal,日志。推遲一天，或很多天。

adjourn: adjourn: [14] Adjourn originally meant ‘a(chǎn)ppoint a day for’, but over the centuries, such is human nature, it has come to be used for postponing, deferring, or suspending. It originated in the Old French phrase à jour nomé ‘to an appointed day’, from which the Old French verb ajourner derived. Jour ‘day’ came from late Latin diurnum, a noun formed from the adjective diurnus ‘daily’, which in turn was based on the noun diēs ‘day’.
=> diary, journal
adjourn (v.): early 14c., ajournen, "assign a day" (for convening or reconvening), from Old French ajourner (12c.) "meet" (at an appointed time), from the phrase à jorn "to a stated day" (à "to" + journ "day," from Latin diurnus "daily;" see diurnal).

The sense is to set a date for a re-meeting. Meaning "to close a meeting" (with or without intention to reconvene) is from early 15c. Meaning "to go in a body to another place" (1640s) is colloquial. The -d- was added 16c. but is unwarranted, as the compound is not from Latin. Related: Adjourned; adjourning.

2. I am afraid the court may not adjourn until three or even later.: 我擔(dān)心法庭要到3點(diǎn)或更晚時(shí)才會(huì)休庭。

5. The motion that the House do now adjourn is moved by a member of the Government.: 議院休會(huì)的動(dòng)議由政府某一成員提出.