prorogue
UK/prә'rәu^/US
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Definitions
v.
To suspend or discontinue a session of a parliament or legislature without dissolving it.
使（议会）休会（但不解散）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedpro-forward, for, before
=prorogue
pro- (forward, prolong) + rog (ask) = originally 'to ask for an extension.' From prolonging a term it shifted to prolonging the recess: today to prorogue Parliament is to end its current session (sending it on break) without dissolving it.
Root rog still carries 8 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.prorogue Parliament使议会休会
- 2.prorogue a session使会期中止
- 3.power to prorogue休会权力
Example Sentences
- 1.
The government decided to prorogue Parliament for five weeks.
- 2.
The crown has the power to prorogue the legislature.
- 3.
Critics argued it was unlawful to prorogue the session at that moment.