resume UK [rɪ'zju:m] US [-'zu:m] formal verb IMPROVER intransitive or transitive ■If an activity resumes, or if you resume it, it starts again after a pause (中断后)继续,重新开始•Normal services will be resumed in the spring.春天将恢复正常服务。 •[+ -ing verb] He stopped to take a sip of water and then resumed speaking.他停下来呷了一口水,然后继续发言。 •The talks are due to resume today.会谈预定今天继续进行。 ⇒ See also resumption transitive ■If you resume a place or position which you have left for a period of time, you return to it 恢复;重新回到,重返(某地或某位置)•to resume your post/job重返工作岗位 •Please resume your seats, as the performance will continue in two minutes.请大家回到自己的座位上去,两分钟后演出继续。 |