Diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement resume today after a two-week hiatus...是什么意思？

Diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement resume today after a two-week hiatus...

为寻求解决方案而进行的外交谈判在中断了两周之后于今天重新开始。

diplomatic

adj. 外交上的，外交人员的，有手腕的，策略的；

例句
The President has played a shrewd diplomatic game because from the outset he called for direct talks with the United States...
总统玩了一场高明的外交游戏，因为从一开始他就要求和美国直接对话。

efforts

n. 努力( effort的名词复数 )，气力，努力的结果，努力（或艰难尝试）的成果；

例句
They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat...
他们说起自己设法使油轮漂浮的英勇之举时非常谦虚。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

reach

v. 到达，走到，够…，抓…，完成；n. 手脚能够到的范围，范围，区域，影响的范围，管辖的范围；

例句
He said it would not be all that difficult to reach a peaceful conclusion to the conflict.
他说和平解决这一冲突并不会太困难。

settlement

n. 解决，结算，<律>金钱或财产的转让（契约），沉淀，定居点；

例句
Without their assent a political settlement cannot be reached.
没有他们的同意，不可能达成政治上的和解。

resume

v. 重新开始，继续进行，恢复，回到；

例句
The trial will resume on August the twenty-second...
审讯将于8月22日继续进行。

today

adv. （在）今天，现在，现今，现代，当代；n. 今天，今日，现代，当代，现今；

例句
He told reporters today that the president's trip to Moscow is up in the air.
今天他告诉记者们总统是否前往莫斯科尚未确定。

after

prep. …后的，（表示时间）在…以后，（表示位置、顺序）在…后面；conj. 在…以后；adv. 以后，继后；adj. 后来的，以后的；

例句
Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child.
她的情人在她打掉胎儿后甩了她。

hiatus

n. 裂隙，缺漏，脱漏，间断；

例句
There was a hiatus in his acting life.
他的演艺生涯曾一度中断。