核心畫面

Someone closes the folder and says: not here, not now — we pick this up on Tuesday. Nothing is thrown away. It is carried to another day, or out of the door to another room.

可以想成有人把資料夾一闔,說:這裡先到這,星期二再來。沒有任何東西被丟掉。事情只是被搬走了——搬到另一個日子,或者整更多收起可以想成有人把資料夾一闔,說:這裡先到這,星期二再來。沒有任何東西被丟掉。事情只是被搬走了——搬到另一個日子,或者整群人一起搬到另一個房間。adjourn 的兩個用法,就是同一個搬動的兩個方向:搬時間,或搬地方。

From the word’s history

From Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jor (nome), meaning to an appointed day. The named day is inside the word.

來源資料把它追到古法文 ajorner,出自片語 a jor (nomé),字面是「到一個指定的日子」。那個「指定的日子」本來就長在這個字裡面,所以 adjourn 後面才那麼常接 until。

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Two branches

把這一段挪到另一個日子

字根裡的「指定的日子」直接就是這個用法:事情被搬到時間軸上的另一個點。

verb · C1

To stop a meeting, trial, or other official session for a while, or to be stopped in this way. The people expect to come back to it later, often on a stated day.

休會;延期再議

把這群人挪到另一個地方

同一個搬動,方向從時間換成空間:不是挪到星期二,而是挪到樓下那家茶店。

verb · C1

To finish what you are doing in one place and move together to another place, as in 'adjourn to the kitchen'. It is often said as a joke, because it borrows the formal language of meetings.

移駕(到另一個地方)