/ə'dʒɜ:n; ə`dʒɝn/
v
1 (a) [Tn usu passive 通常用于被动语态] stop (a meeting, etc) for a time; postpone 停止（会议等）一段时间; 休（会）; 使延期
*The trial was adjourned for a week/until the following week. 审讯暂停一星期[下星期继续进行].
(b) [I] (of people at a meeting, in court, etc) stop proceedings and separate （指会议, 法庭等的人）休会, 休庭
*The court will adjourn for lunch. 法庭午餐时间休庭.
* Let's adjourn until tomorrow. 咱们休会, 明天继续进行.
2 [Ipr] ~to... (of people who have come together) go to another place （指聚集的人）到另一处去
*After dinner we all adjourned to the lounge. 饭後我们都到休息室去了.

v
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: ajourner, from jour 'day']
[I and T]
if a meeting, parliament, law court etc adjourns, or if the person in charge adjourns it, it stops for a short time
　It was almost noon when the meeting adjourned.
adjourn for/until
　Congress has adjourned for the November elections.
　His trial was adjourned until May.
adjourn to sth
to finish an activity and go somewhere - often used humorously
　The rest of us adjourned to a nearby pub for some refreshments.
>adjournmentn [U and C]
　We sought an adjournment of the proceedings.