with obj.
1- begin to do or pursue (something) again after a pause or interruption（中断后）重新开始, 继续：
a day later normal service was resumed.
一天后恢复了正常服务。
1.1
- no obj. begin to be done, pursued, or used again after a pause or interruption（中断后）重新开始, 继续：
hostilities had ceased and normal life had resumed.
冲突停止了, 正常生活又得以重新开始。
1.2
- no obj. begin speaking again after a pause or interruption（停顿或被打断后）接着说：
he sipped at the glass of water on the lectern and then resumed
他拿起讲桌上的水杯喝了一小口, 然后接着往下讲
with direct speech 'As for Joe,' the Major resumed, 'I can't promise anything.'“至于乔,"少校接着说, “我不能作任何承诺。”
1.3
- take, pick up, or put on again; return to the use of重占, 重选, 重穿; 重新使用：
the judge resumed his seat.
法官回到了座位上。
派生词
resumable
adjectiveresumption
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French resumer or Latin resumere, from re- 'back' + sumere 'take'.