Wordiyoprorogue
🇬🇧 UK/prә'rәu^/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To suspend a parliamentary session without dissolving it
使（议会）休会，使闭会
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.prorogue Parliament使议会休会
- 2.prorogue a session使会期中止
- 3.[prorogue indefinitely]无限期休会
- 4.power to prorogue休会权力
Example Sentences
- 1.
The Prime Minister decided to prorogue Parliament for five weeks, sparking a constitutional crisis.
- 2.
The king exercised his royal prerogative to prorogue the session until autumn.