keep
v. 保持; 继续; 不退还; 保留; 保守; 存放; 遵守; 记下; 供养; 饲养; 保护; 开设; 使耽误; 保持不坏; 保持健康; 守门
n. 生活费用; 城堡主楼
If someone keeps or is kept in a particular state, they remain in it.
The noise kept him awake...
噪音吵得他一直没有睡着。
Reggie was being kept busy behind the bar...
雷吉一直在柜台后忙活。
If you keep or you are kept in a particular position or place, you remain in it.
Keep away from the doors while the train is moving...
列车运行过程中要远离车门。
He kept his head down, hiding his features...
他低头掩面。
If you keep off something or keep away from it, you avoid it. If you keep out of something, you avoid getting involved in it. You can also say that you keep someone off ,away from or out of something.
I managed to stick to the diet and keep off sweet foods...
我努力做到了只吃规定饮食,不沾甜食。
He's going to be a fantastic player if he keeps away from booze and women...
如果能不近酒色,他将成为一名出色的运动员。
If someone or something keeps you from a particular action, they prevent you from doing it.
Embarrassment has kept me from doing all sorts of things...
我总是害怕受窘,什么事都不敢去做。
He kept her from being lonely...
他不让她感到孤独。
If you try to keep from doing something, you try to stop yourself from doing it.
She bit her lip to keep from crying...
她咬住嘴唇不哭。
He had to lean on Dan to keep from falling.
他不得不靠在丹身上以免摔倒。
If you keep something from someone, you do not tell them about it.
She knew that Gabriel was keeping something from her.
她知道加布里埃尔有事瞒着她。
If you keep doing something, you do it repeatedly or continue to do it.
I keep forgetting it's December...
我总是忘了现在是12月了。
I turned back after a while, but he kept walking...
我过了一会就往回走了,但他还接着走。
Keep is used with some nouns to indicate that someone does something for a period of time or continues to do it. For example, if you keep a grip on something, you continue to hold or control it.
Until last year, the regime kept a tight grip on the country...
直到去年,那个国家还处于该政权的严密控制之下。
One of them would keep a look-out on the road behind to warn us of approaching vehicles...
他们中会有一人看着后面的路,提醒我们注意过来的车辆。
If you keep something, you continue to have it in your possession and do not throw it away, give it away, or sell it.
'I like this dress,' she said. 'Keep it. You can have it,' said Daphne...
“我喜欢这件连衣裙,”她说。“留下吧。给你了,”达夫妮说道。
Lathan had to choose between marrying her and keeping his job.
莱森不得不在娶她和保住工作之间作出选择。
If you keep something in a particular place, you always have it or store it in that place so that you can use it whenever you need it.
She kept her money under the mattress...
她把钱放在床垫下。
She remembered where she kept the gun...
她记得放枪的地方。
When you keep something such as a promise or an appointment, you do what you said you would do.
I'm hoping you'll keep your promise to come for a long visit...
我希望你遵守诺言来这儿多呆几天。
He had again failed to keep his word.
他又食言了。
If you keep a record of a series of events, you write down details of it so that they can be referred to later.
Eleanor began to keep a diary...
埃莉诺开始记日记了。
The volunteers kept a record of everything they ate for a week.
志愿者记录下他们一周所吃的所有食物。
If you keep yourself or keep someone else, you support yourself or the other person by earning enough money to provide food, clothing, money, and other necessary things.
She could just about afford to keep her five kids...
她勉勉强强能养得起自己的5个孩子。
I just cannot afford to keep myself...
我难以维持生计。
Someone's keep is the cost of food and other things that they need in their daily life.
Ray will earn his keep on local farms while studying...
雷求学期间会在当地的农场干活赚取生活费。
I need to give my parents money for my keep.
我需要付给父母我的生活费。
If you keep animals, you own them and take care of them.
I've brought you some eggs. We keep chickens...
我给你带了些鸡蛋。我们养鸡。
This mad writer kept a lobster as a pet.
这个疯狂的作家把龙虾当宠物养。
If you keep a business such as a small shop or hotel, you own it and manage it.
His father kept a village shop.
他父亲经营一家乡村商店。
If someone or something keeps you, they delay you and make you late.
Sorry to keep you, Jack...
很抱歉让你久等了,杰克。
'What kept you?' — 'I went in the wrong direction.'
“你为什么晚了?”——“我走错了方向。”
If food keeps for a certain length of time, it stays fresh and suitable to eat for that time.
Whatever is left over may be put into the refrigerator, where it will keep for 2-3 weeks.
剩下的东西都可以放进冰箱,可以保持两到三个星期不坏。
You can say or ask how someone is keeping as a way of saying or asking whether they are well.
She hasn't been keeping too well lately...
她最近身体不太好。
How are you keeping these days?
你这些天身体怎么样?
A keep is the main tower of a medieval castle, in which people lived.
If you keep at it, you continue doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
It may take a number of attempts, but it is worth keeping at it...
可能要试几次,但还是值得坚持的。
'Keep at it!' Thade encouraged me.
“坚持下去!”萨德鼓励我道。
Something that is for keeps is permanent and will not change.
Ensure that whatever you gain now will be for keeps...
确保你现在所获得的一切永远不会失去。
He advised them to leave town for keeps.
他建议他们离开镇子,永远别再回来。
If you keep going, you continue moving along or doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
She forced herself to keep going...
她强迫自己继续下去。
I was shouting: 'Keep going, keep going!'
我喊着:“坚持,坚持!”
If one thing is in keeping with another, it is suitable in relation to that thing. If one thing is out of keeping with another, it is not suitable in relation to that thing.
His office was in keeping with his station and experience...
他的办公室与其身份和阅历相称。
In keeping with tradition, the Emperor and Empress did not attend the ceremony...
按照传统,皇帝和皇后未参加该仪式。
If you keep it up, you continue working or trying as hard as you have been in the past.
There are fears that he will not be able to keep it up when he gets to the particularly demanding third year...
有人担心他到了要求极其严格的第3年时会坚持不下去。
You're doing a great job! Keep it up!
你们干得非常棒!继续好好干吧!
If you keep something to yourself, you do not tell anyone else about it.
I have to tell someone. I can't keep it to myself...
我得找人说说。我心里憋不住。
There's one thing you can do for me. But keep it to yourself.
有件事你能帮我做。但你要保密。
If you keep yourself to yourself or keep to yourself, you stay on your own most of the time and do not mix socially with other people.
He was a quiet man who kept himself to himself...
他是个喜欢安静、不爱与人来往的人。
Since she knows little Italian, she keeps to herself.
因为不怎么懂意大利语,她很少和人交往。
1. the financial means whereby one lives;
2. the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
3. a cell in a jail or prison
1. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean";
2. continue a certain state, condition, or activity;
3. retain possession of;
4. prevent from doing something or being in a certain state;
5. conform one's action or practice to;
6. observe correctly or closely;
7. look after; be the keeper of; have charge of;
8. maintain by writing regular records;
9. supply with room and board;
10. allow to remain in a place or position;
11. supply with necessities and support;
12. fail to spoil or rot;
13. celebrate, as of holidays or rites;
14. keep under control; keep in check;
15. maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger;
16. raise;
17. retain rights to;
18. store or keep customarily;
19. have as a supply;
20. maintain for use and service;
21. hold and prevent from leaving;
22. prevent (food) from rotting;
have, hold, own, possess, keep, enjoy
这些动词均有"有,具有,持有"之意。
keep, retain, reserve, preserve, conserve, withhold
这些动词均有"保持,保存"之意。
keep at
坚持做…:继续某项工作或行为
keep down
压制,镇压:阻止…成长、完成或成功
keep off
躲开,避开
keep to
坚持,信守
keep up
保持良好状态
保持;继续
并行:按相同的水平或步伐继续下去
不落后,赶得上:赶上对手、同事或邻居,指在成就或生活方式上
you can't keep a good man (或 woman) down
(非正式)有能力的人是不会被挫折或问题吓倒
keep one's feet
站稳,不跌倒
keep goal
(主英足)守球门
keep going
(困难时)努力维持正常生活
keep open house
好客
keep to oneself
避开与人接触,独处
keep something to oneself
守口如瓶
keep up with the Joneses
与人攀比(试图与朋友或邻居保持同样的社会地位和物质水平)
keep wicket
(板球)守板球门
You don't know the facts, so keep your mouth shut!
你不了解情况, 别多嘴!
Keep your nose clean, and don't get involved.
你要安分守己, 不要卷到那里头去.
Meat doesn't keep in hot weather.
热天,肉保存不住.
He looked so funny that I found it difficult to keep my countenance.
他的样子非常滑稽,我难以忍住不笑.
I don't want too many people to come to the party. Please keep the guests to about fifty.
我不想让太多的人来参加晚会. 把客人控制在50位左右吧!