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单词 adjournment
释义
adjournment
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/əˈdʒɜːn.mənt/us
/əˈdʒɝːn.mənt/
apauseorrestduring aformalmeetingortrial, or theactof giving apauseorrest:
休会，（法庭）休庭
Thedefenceattorneyrequestedan adjournment.辩护律师要求休庭。
The court's adjournmentmeansthat adecisionwill not bereacheduntilDecemberat theearliest.休庭意味着最早要到12月才能做出判决。
See
adjourn
More examples
  • He would beseekingan adjournment topreparehis client'sdefence.
  • An adjournment wasgrantedtoenableMr. Smith toconsiderhisposition.
  • Acourtmayrequestan adjournment so thatreportson thedefendantmay beobtainedbeforepassingsentence.
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  • coffee break
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  • intermission
  • interval
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(Definition ofadjournmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

adjournment| Business English

adjournment
noun[CorU]
MEETINGS,LAWformal
uk
/əˈdʒɜːnmənt/us
thetemporaryendingof ameetingortrial, or theperiodoftimeduring which it istemporarilyended:
Thistrialhas ahistoryofdelaysandrepeatedadjournments.
Thejudgegrantedtherequestfor an adjournment.
TheSenatepassedthebill, but theHousedidn'tvoteon it before adjournment.
(Definition ofadjournmentfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofadjournment

adjournment
The necessity for conditionaladjournmentbecame clear to us during our study of non-standard reductions in calculi with inductive types.
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As a consequence, if copies do not contain 1-recursive operator, the proof byadjournmentis straightforward.
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There would be no limitation on theadjournmentand, hence, no possibility of a filibuster succeeding.
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A filibuster can never be successfully waged unless the time foradjournmentis definitely and irrevocably fixed.
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Self-imposed agreements are often more stable, and so theadjournmentstrategy is often a good one.
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Thus, in this case, theadjournmentproof is not straightforward.
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However, we still wish to use abstract techniques, likeadjournment.
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Otherwise, one can see from the previous example thatadjournmentwould have been possible provided the 1-recursive arguments had been in maximal abstracted form.
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The idea of the following proof is therefore to 'insert' suitable -conversions in a term before -conversion, so that theadjournmentbecomes possible.
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The common practice is to bring up such legislation just beforeadjournmentfor the day.
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Note also that if no 1-recursive argument occurs, theadjournmentis obviously possible (inductive types without this sort of argument are sometimes called 'algebraic' types).
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In anadjournmentdebate it is not possible to cover adequately the whole of a complex situation of this kind.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
As it stands at the moment, there is nothing for it butadjournment.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I suggest a shortadjournmentto find out the answer to the points that have been raised.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Will the procedural regulations provide for compulsory adjournments to encourage the voluntary settlement of cases?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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