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resumptive

/ri-zuhmp-tiv/US // rɪˈzʌmp tɪv //

一次性的,一次性,自负的,自发性的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
    • : that tends to resume or repeat: a speech so resumptive that its point was lost.

Examples

  • The drama, by its very nature, is an art traditional in form and resumptive in its subject-matter.

  • When it was produced, it was not novel, but resumptive, in its thought; and therefore it succeeded.

  • Like many of Lucian's compositions, it has what may be termed a retrospective and resumptive value.