continue、resume、succeed与go on这些动词或短语动词均有“继续”之意。
continue : 普通用词。或指持续而不停止，或有一段中断后又继续下去。
- It's said that as the boat went down the band continued to play.
据说，船沉时乐队仍在继续演奏。 - If she continues drinking like that, I'll have to carry her home.
如果她再继续那样喝下去，我就只好把她扛回家去了。
resume : 指中断后的继续。
- Normal services will be resumed in the spring.
春天将恢复正常服务。 - 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。
succeed : 侧重指有规律地连续。
- In the weeks that succeeded, five more patients showed similar symptoms.
接下来的几周里，又有5名患者出现了类似的症状。 - Almost from its beginnings, New York has produced succeeding generations of intellectuals.
几乎是从其存在之日开始，纽约就孕育了一代又一代的知识分子。
go on : 通俗用词，多用于口语中。go on+-ing表暂停后继续做原事，即后继续的内容与原来的内容相同。go on+不定式指做完某事后，接着做不同的另一件事。
- Please go on with what you're doing and don't let us interrupt you.
请继续做你的事情，不要因为我们而中断。 - We really can't go on living like this - we'll have to find a bigger house.
我们真的不能再这样生活下去——我们必须要找个大些的房子。
