0 to have or continue to have in your possession -- 保有；保存；保留
She phoned to say she couldn't keep her appointment. 她打电话说她无法守约了。
I made a promise to you and I intend to keep it. 我向你作过承诺，我会履行的。
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。
Keep medicines in a locked cupboard (= store them there). 将药存放在上锁的橱柜里。
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？
1 to (cause to) stay in a particular place or condition -- （使）留在（某处）；（使）保持（某状态）
You're a qualified skiing instructor? You kept that quiet! 你有滑雪教练资格？你从来没说过！
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。
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。
[ + obj + adj ] Close the door to keep the room warm. 关上门让房间保持暖和。
Keep left (= stay on the road to the left) at the traffic lights. 到红绿灯处走左边的路。
I like to keep busy. 我喜欢一直忙忙碌碌的。
2 to continue doing something without stopping, or to do it repeatedly -- 继续（做）；重复（做）
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。
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。
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。
I keep on thinking I've seen her before somewhere. 我一直觉得以前在哪儿见过她。
3 to delay someone or prevent them from doing something -- 使耽误；阻止，妨碍
"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。”
I hope I'm not keeping you up (= preventing you from going to bed). 希望我没有耽误你睡觉。
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。
[ + -ing verb ] I'm so sorry to keep you waiting. 很抱歉，让你久等了。
He's very late - what's keeping him? 他迟到了很久，是什么耽搁了他？
4 (of food) to stay fresh and in good condition -- （食物）保持新鲜，持久不坏
5 to provide yourself or another person with food, clothing, a home, and other things necessary for basic living -- 供养；养活
They provide their distributors with bicycles with coolers on credit, and some training in keeping accounts.
The general view is that it is a low priority at the moment and keeps going mainly by the enthusiasm of its practitioners.
My roles here involve coordination, organisation and liaison; and keeping up to date.
The knight and his servant are acting their rôles: the knight acting adventurously, but stupidly, while the servant keeps him to realities.
Inspectors were paid merely to make sure that diseased meat was kept in the state.
The company they kept, very often, was each other.
Likewise, the pressure of brigandage kept the regime off balance as it tried to rebuild its police bureaucracy and public force.
Despite his proclamations and promises, the fear of continued crime kept his administration off balance and on the defensive.
