单词 | resume |
释义 | resume (once / 131 pages) 1v 2nv If you resume something, you start it again after stopping. You might resume singing an aria after breaking to spit out your gum. Resume is from Latin resumere "to take up again, take back," from the prefix re- "again" plus sumere "to take up, take." The Latin verb sumere is formed from the prefix sub- "under, up" plus emere "to take." When you pause a movie or game and then you press play again, what you're really doing is resuming play. WORD FAMILYresume: resumed, resumes, resuming, resumption+/resumption: resumptions USAGE EXAMPLESAuthorities say recovery efforts are resuming in the search for a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie, near Cleveland. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The company said it would resume launches as early as Sunday. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) SpaceX is tentatively aiming to resume cargo flights to the space station this month. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v take up or begin anew We resumed the negotiations Syn|Hyper re-start, restart bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last 2v return to a previous location or condition The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it Syn|Hyper take up change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 3v assume anew 2resume a title resume an office resume one's duties Hyper adopt, assume, take on, take over take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities 1n a summary of your academic and work history Syn|Hyper CV, curriculum vitae sum-up, summary a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form 2n short descriptive summary (of events) Syn|Hyper sketch, survey sum-up, summary a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form 3v give a summary (of) Syn|Hypo|Hyper sum up, summarise, summarize sum, sum up, summarise, summarize be a summary of abstract give an abstract (of) precismake a summary (of) docketmake a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list recap, recapitulatesummarize briefly hash over, rehash, retrogradego back over ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell to say, state, or perform again |
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