adjournment

noun
🔊/əˈdʒɜːnmənt/
🔊/əˈdʒɜːrnmənt/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)
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  1. a time when a meeting or an official process, especially a trial, is stopped for a period of time; the fact of stopping a meeting or an official process in this way休庭;休会;延期
    • The judge granted us a short adjournment.法官允许我们暂时休庭。🔊🔊
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