1 V-LINK-ERG （使）保持 If someone keeps or is kept in a particular state, they remain in it. （使）保持
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The noise kept him awake. [V n adj/prep]
噪音吵得他一直没有睡着。
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Reggie was being kept busy behind the bar. [V n adj/prep]
雷吉一直在柜台后忙活。
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To keep warm they burnt wood in a rusty oil barrel. [V adj/prep]
他们在一只生锈的油桶里烧木柴来保暖。
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For several years I kept in touch with her. [V adj/prep]
几年来，我一直和她保持联系。
2 V-ERG （使）处于；（使）留在 If you keep or you are kept in a particular position or place, you remain in it. （使）处于；（使）留在
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Keep away from the doors while the train is moving. [VERB adv./prep.]
列车运行过程中要远离车门。
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He kept his head down, hiding his features. [VERB noun with adv.]
他低头掩面。
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It was against all orders to smoke, but a cigarette kept away mosquitoes. [VERB noun with adv.]
吸烟违反所有规章，但香烟可以驱蚊。
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Doctors will keep her in hospital for at least another week. [VERB noun prep.]
医生会让她再住至少一个星期的院。
3 V-ERG （使）坚持（避免或不卷入） 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. （使）坚持（避免或不卷入）
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I managed to stick to the diet and keep off sweet foods. [VERB prep./adv.]
我努力做到了只吃规定饮食，不沾甜食。
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He's going to be a fantastic player if he keeps away from booze and women. [VERB prep./adv.]
如果能不近酒色，他将成为一名出色的运动员。
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The best way to keep babies off sugar is to go back to the natural diet and eat lots of fresh fruit. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
避免婴儿摄入食糖的最好办法是让其回归自然的饮食，多吃新鲜水果。
4 VERB 阻止（或防止、阻碍）…做 If someone or something keeps you from a particular action, they prevent you from doing it. 阻止（或防止、阻碍）…做
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Embarrassment has kept me from doing all sorts of things. [VERB noun + from]
我总是害怕受窘，什么事都不敢去做。
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He kept her from being lonely. [V n from -ing]
他不让她感到孤独。
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What can you do to keep it from happening again? [V n from -ing]
你怎样防止它再次发生？
SYN prevent, hold back, deter, inhibit
5 VERB 忍住（或克制）不做 If you try to keep from doing something, you try to stop yourself from doing it. 忍住（或克制）不做
6 VERB 保守;隐瞒 If you keep something from someone, you do not tell them about it. 保守;隐瞒
7 VERB 重复；继续 If you keep doing something, you do it repeatedly or continue to do it. 重复；继续
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I keep forgetting it's December. [VERB verb-ing]
我总是忘了现在是12月了。
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I turned back after a while, but he kept walking. [VERB verb-ing]
我过了一会就往回走了，但他还接着走。
SYN continue, go on, carry on, persist in
Keep on means the same as
keep .
keep on 同keep 8 VERB （与某些名词连用，表示持续一段时间或继续做某事）持续，继续（持有或控制） 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. （与某些名词连用，表示持续一段时间或继续做某事）持续，继续（持有或控制）
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Until last year, the regime kept a tight grip on the country. [VERB noun]
直到去年，那个国家还处于该政权的严密控制之下。
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One of them would keep a look-out on the road behind to warn us of approaching vehicles. [VERB noun]
他们中会有一人看着后面的路，提醒我们注意过来的车辆。
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His parents kept a vigil by his bedside as he was given brain and body scans. [VERB noun]
在他做脑扫描和全身扫描时，他的父母守护在他床边。
9 VERB 保留；保有；留有 If you keep something, you continue to have it in your possession and do not throw it away, give it away, or sell it. 保留；保有；留有
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'I like this dress,' she said. 'Keep it. You can have it,' said Daphne. [VERB noun]
“我喜欢这件连衣裙，”她说。“留下吧。给你了，”达夫妮说道。
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Lathan had to choose between marrying her and keeping his job. [VERB noun]
莱森不得不在娶她和保住工作之间作出选择。
10 VERB 存放；储存 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. 存放；储存
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She kept her money under the mattress. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
她把钱放在床垫下。
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She remembered where she kept the gun. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
她记得放枪的地方。
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To make it easier to contact us, keep this card handy. [VERB noun adj.ive]
把这张卡放在手边，以便于和我们联系。
SYN store, put, place, house
11 VERB 遵守；笃守；恪守 When you keep something such as a promise or an appointment, you do what you said you would do. 遵守；笃守；恪守
SYN comply with, carry out, honour, fulfil
12 VERB 记下；记录；记载 If you keep a record of a series of events, you write down details of it so that they can be referred to later. 记下；记录；记载
SYN record, report, write, document
13 VERB 供养；抚养；养活 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. 供养；抚养；养活
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She could just about afford to keep her five kids. [VERB noun]
她勉勉强强能养得起自己的5个孩子。
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I just cannot afford to keep myself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
我难以维持生计。
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The pay was enough to keep him in whisky for a day or two. [VERB noun + in]
这笔钱够他喝一两天威士忌了。
SYN support, maintain, sustain, provide for
14 N-SING 生活费用 Someone's keep is the cost of food and other things that they need in their daily life. 生活费用
SYN board, food, maintenance, upkeep
15 VERB 饲养 If you keep animals, you own them and take care of them. 饲养
SYN raise, own, maintain, tend
16 VERB 开设；经营；管理 If you keep a business such as a small shop or hotel, you own it and manage it. 开设；经营；管理
SYN manage, run, administer, be in charge (of)
17 VERB 使耽搁;使延误 If someone or something keeps you, they delay you and make you late. 使耽搁;使延误
SYN delay, detain, hinder, impede
18 VERB （食物）保持不坏 If food keeps for a certain length of time, it stays fresh and suitable to eat for that time. （食物）保持不坏
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Whatever is left over may be put into the refrigerator, where it will keep for 2-3 weeks. [VERB]
剩下的东西都可以放进冰箱，可以保持两到三个星期不坏。
SYN stay fresh, be suitable, be safe to eat, remain flavoursome
19 VERB [only cont] （用于询问健康状况）保持健康 You can say or ask how someone is keeping as a way of saying or asking whether they are well. （用于询问健康状况）保持健康
20 N-COUNT （中世纪的）城堡主楼 A keep is the main tower of a medieval castle, in which people lived. （中世纪的）城堡主楼
21 PHRASE 继续做；坚持干 If you keep at it, you continue doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop. 继续做；坚持干
22 PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] 永远；永不更改地 Something that is for keeps is permanent and will not change. 永远；永不更改地 [informal]
SYN forever, permanent, for all time, for always
23 PHRASE 继续移动;坚持干 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. 继续移动;坚持干
24 PHRASE 协调/不协调;一致/不一致 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. 协调/不协调;一致/不一致
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His office was in keeping with his station and experience. [+ with]
他的办公室与其身份和阅历相称。
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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。
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His own response to it seemed to be out of keeping with his earlier expressed opinions.
他自己对此的反应与其早前表达的看法并不一致。
25 PHRASE 继续努力 If you keep it up, you continue working or trying as hard as you have been in the past. 继续努力
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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。
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You're doing a great job! Keep it up!
你们干得非常棒！继续好好干吧！
26 PHRASE 把…秘而不宣；不将…说出去 If you keep something to yourself, you do not tell anyone else about it. 把…秘而不宣；不将…说出去
27 PHRASE 离群索居；不与人来往 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. 离群索居；不与人来往
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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。
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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。
28 to keep someone company→see: company to keep your end up→see: end to keep a straight face→see: face to keep your hand in→see: hand to keep your head→see: head to keep house→see: house to keep pace→see: pace to keep the peace→see: peace to keep a secret→see: secret to keep time→see: time to keep track→see: track
Phrasal verbs: - keep backkeep downkeep in withkeep onkeep on aboutkeep on atkeep tokeep up
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