keep是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to have or continue to have in your possession -- 保有；保存；保留

  • Do you want this photograph back or can I keep it? 你想要回这张照片，还是我留着它？

  • Keep medicines in a locked cupboard (= store them there). 将药存放在上锁的橱柜里。

  • My uncle kept a little tobacconist's in Gloucester. 我叔叔在格洛斯特开了一家小烟草店。

  • to keep pigs/goats/chickens 养猪／山羊／鸡

  • Jody will keep the children while I shop. 我去买东西时，乔迪会照看孩子。

  • I made a promise to you and I intend to keep it. 我向你作过承诺，我会履行的。

  • She phoned to say she couldn't keep her appointment. 她打电话说她无法守约了。

  • I've kept a diary for twelve years now. 到现在我记日记已有12年了。

  • Keep an account of how much you're spending. 记下你花多少钱。

  • Does your watch keep good time? 你的表准吗？

• 1 to (cause to) stay in a particular place or condition -- （使）留在（某处）；（使）保持（某状态）

  • I wish you'd keep quiet. 我希望你能保持安静。

  • I like to keep busy. 我喜欢一直忙忙碌碌的。

  • Keep left (= stay on the road to the left) at the traffic lights. 到红绿灯处走左边的路。

  • Can you keep the dog outside, please? 你能让狗呆在外面吗？

  • [ + obj + adj ] Close the door to keep the room warm. 关上门让房间保持暖和。

  • The noise from their party kept me awake half the night. 他们聚会传来的吵闹声使我半夜都没睡着。

  • They managed to keep the school's problems quiet for a while. 他们设法把学校的问题保密了一阵子。

  • You're a qualified skiing instructor? You kept that quiet! 你有滑雪教练资格？你从来没说过！

• 2 to continue doing something without stopping, or to do it repeatedly -- 继续（做）；重复（做）

  • He keeps trying to distract me. 他一直想分散我的注意力。

  • I keep on thinking I've seen her before somewhere. 我一直觉得以前在哪儿见过她。

  • I kept hoping that he'd phone me. 我一直希望他会给我打电话。

  • If things keep going like this, we'll have to close the business. 如果情况继续这样的话，我们就不得不关门了。

  • Sometimes it was hard to keep going, but we did it for the children's sake. 有时候很难坚持下去，但是为了孩子我们挺过来了。

  • It was my friends that kept me going through all this. 是我的朋友们让我坚持下去，度过了这一切。

  • Have a piece of fruit to keep you going. 吃一点水果，不要太饿。

• 3 to delay someone or prevent them from doing something -- 使耽误；阻止，妨碍

  • He's very late - what's keeping him? 他迟到了很久，是什么耽搁了他？

  • [ + -ing verb ] I'm so sorry to keep you waiting. 很抱歉，让你久等了。

  • She kept me talking on the phone for half an hour. 她缠着我在电话里讲了半个小时。

  • I hope I'm not keeping you up (= preventing you from going to bed). 希望我没有耽误你睡觉。

  • "I must tell you something." "Can't it keep? I'm in a hurry!" “我得跟你说件事”。“能以后再说吗？我现在赶时间。”

  • Whatever your news is, it will keep. 不管你有什么新闻，等等再说。

• 4 (of food) to stay fresh and in good condition -- （食物）保持新鲜，持久不坏

  • Milk keeps much longer in a fridge. 牛奶放在冰箱里保鲜时间会长很多。

• 5 to provide yourself or another person with food, clothing, a home, and other things necessary for basic living -- 供养；养活

  • He wanted a job that would allow him to keep his family in comfort. 他需要一份工作来养活全家，让他们过上舒服的生活。

• 6 the cost of providing food, heating, and other necessary things for someone -- 生计；生活费用

  • He's old enough now to earn his keep and stop living off his parents. 他现已长大成人，可以自谋生计而不再依靠父母。

• 7 the strong main tower of a castle -- 要塞；城堡主楼