In the short adjournment, I went to the robing room.
短暂休庭期间 我去了更衣室。
纽约时报 (New York Times)
Mr. McConnell then announced the Senate's adjournment and left the Capitol to fly home to Kentucky for the holiday.
随后，麦康奈尔宣布参议院休会，继而便离开了国会，准备乘飞机回肯塔基州过圣诞节。
纽约时报 (New York Times)
Mr. McConnell's adjournment of the Senate until Thursday came after a frenzied day of negotiations in Washington and conflicting signals from the White House.
就在麦康奈尔将参议院休会至周四前夕，华盛顿曾上演了一天激烈的谈判，白宫发出的信号也是前后矛盾。
小妇人（双语原版）
" I suppose it would be profanation to eat anything in this spick–and–span bower, so as I'm tremendously hungry, I propose an adjournment, " he added presently.
“我想，在这样整洁的屋子里吃东西会亵渎神灵，可我饿极了，因此，我提议休会，”过了一会儿，他补充道。
《小妇人》原版
" I suppose it would be profanation to eat anything in this spick-and-span bower, so as I'm tremendously hungry, I propose an adjournment, " he added presently.
“我想在这个整洁的凉亭里吃任何东西都是亵渎神明，所以我非常饿，我建议休会，”他很快补充道。
英语百科
Adjournment
In parliamentary procedure, an adjournment ends a meeting. It could be done using a motion to adjourn.
A time for another meeting could be set using the motion to fix the time to which to adjourn. This motion establishes an adjourned meeting.
To adjourn to another time or place means to suspend proceedings until a later stated time or place.