I now call on Mr. Jones to address the meeting.

I declare the meeting to adjourn.

我宣布休会.

The members of the club voted to adjourn the meeting until 2 P . M.

会员投票决定休会,午后2时复会.

They proposed to adjourn the meeting.

他们建议休会.

I stared, my mind trying to adjust memory to reality.

我目不转睛地看着, 脑子里尽力使记忆与现实吻合起来.

She will have to adjust herself to new conditions.

她必须使自己适应新的环境.

As far as I know, the bank is going to adjust the rates.

据我所知, 银行要调整存款利率.

Could you teach me how to adjust the iris of the camera?

你能教我怎么调照相机的光圈 吗 ?

Once more that evening Ralph had to adjust his values.

那天晚上,拉尔夫不得不又一次重新评定自己的价值.

To do that a man had to adopt some new standard.

要办到这点,人们必须树立某种新标准.

There are hundreds of people desperate to adopt a child.

有数以百计的人渴望领养孩子。

The king was forced to adopt a new constitution which reduced his powers.

国王被迫采用了削弱其权力的新宪法。

They are trying to adopt a more cooperative posture.

他们正试图采取更为合作的态度.

Thus they are apt to adopt some kind of historicist moral theory.

这样,他们就倾向于采取某种历史决定论的道德学说.

I have decided to adopt the following form for letter writing.

我决定用下列方式写信.

Computer methods may then be used to advantage.

采用计算机方法是有益的.

Her dress showed her beautiful figure to advantage.

她的衣服使她显得更加苗条.

The roses were displayed to advantage in a blue vase.

玫瑰插在蓝色的花瓶中,产生了良好的效果.

We must turn these machines to advantage.

我们必须充分发挥这些机器的作用.

We must turn our knowledge to advantage.

我们必须充分利用我们的知识.

Is a disadvantage not to advantage, a disadvantage is the expense!

是,吃亏不是占便宜, 吃亏就是吃亏!