keeps

英 [kiːps] 美 [kiːps]

v.  (使)保持，处于; 继续，重复(做某事); 使耽搁; 使延误
n.  生活必需品; 生活费用; 城堡主楼
keep的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  1. V-LINK-ERG （使）保持
    If someone keeps or is kept in a particular state, they remain in it.
    1. The noise kept him awake...
      噪音吵得他一直没有睡着。
    2. Reggie was being kept busy behind the bar...
      雷吉一直在柜台后忙活。
    3. To keep warm they burnt wood in a rusty oil barrel...
      他们在一只生锈的油桶里烧木柴来保暖。
    4. For several years I kept in touch with her.
      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.
    1. Keep away from the doors while the train is moving...
      列车运行过程中要远离车门。
    2. He kept his head down, hiding his features...
      他低头掩面。
    3. It was against all orders to smoke, but a cigarette kept away mosquitoes...
      吸烟违反所有规章，但香烟可以驱蚊。
    4. Doctors will keep her in hospital for at least another week.
      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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
    3. The best way to keep babies off sugar is to go back to the natural diet and eat lots of fresh fruit.
      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.
    1. 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。
    2. He kept her from being lonely...
      他不让她感到孤独。
    3. What can you do to keep it from happening again?
      你怎样防止它再次发生？
  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.
    1. She bit her lip to keep from crying...
      她咬住嘴唇不哭。
    2. He had to lean on Dan to keep from falling.
      他不得不靠在丹身上以免摔倒。
  6. VERB 保守;隐瞒
    If you keep something from someone, you do not tell them about it.
    1. She knew that Gabriel was keeping something from her.
      她知道加布里埃尔有事瞒着她。
  7. VERB 重复；继续
    If you keep doing something, you do it repeatedly or continue to do it.
    1. I keep forgetting it's December...
      我总是忘了现在是12月了。
    2. 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。
    3. Keep on means the same as keep .
      keep on 同keep
    4. Did he give up or keep on trying?...
      他是放弃了还是在继续努力？
    5. My wife keeps on saying that I work too hard.
      我妻子总说我工作太辛苦了。
  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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
    3. His parents kept a vigil by his bedside as he was given brain and body scans.
      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.
    1. '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。
    2. 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。
  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.
    1. She kept her money under the mattress...
      她把钱放在床垫下。
    2. She remembered where she kept the gun...
      她记得放枪的地方。
    3. To make it easier to contact us, keep this card handy.
      把这张卡放在手边，以便于和我们联系。
  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.
    1. 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。
    2. He had again failed to keep his word.
      他又食言了。
  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.
    1. Eleanor began to keep a diary...
      埃莉诺开始记日记了。
    2. 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。
  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.
    1. 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。
    2. I just cannot afford to keep myself...
      我难以维持生计。
    3. The pay was enough to keep him in whisky for a day or two.
      这笔钱够他喝一两天威士忌了。
  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.
    1. 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。
    2. I need to give my parents money for my keep.
      我需要付给父母我的生活费。
  15. VERB 饲养
    If you keep animals, you own them and take care of them.
    1. I've brought you some eggs. We keep chickens...
      我给你带了些鸡蛋。我们养鸡。
    2. This mad writer kept a lobster as a pet.
      这个疯狂的作家把龙虾当宠物养。
  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.
    1. His father kept a village shop.
      他父亲经营一家乡村商店。
  17. VERB 使耽搁;使延误
    If someone or something keeps you, they delay you and make you late.
    1. Sorry to keep you, Jack...
      很抱歉让你久等了，杰克。
    2. 'What kept you?' — 'I went in the wrong direction.'
      “你为什么晚了？”——“我走错了方向。”
  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.
    1. 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。
  19. VERB （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.
    1. She hasn't been keeping too well lately...
      她最近身体不太好。
    2. How are you keeping these days?
      你这些天身体怎么样？
  20. （中世纪的）城堡主楼
    A keep is the main tower of a medieval castle, in which people lived.
    1. 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.
      1. 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。
      2. 'Keep at it!' Thade encouraged me.
        “坚持下去！”萨德鼓励我道。
    2. PHRASE 永远；永不更改地
      Something that is for keeps is permanent and will not change.
      1. 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。
      2. He advised them to leave town for keeps.
        他建议他们离开镇子，永远别再回来。
    3. 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.
      1. She forced herself to keep going...
        她强迫自己继续下去。
      2. I was shouting: 'Keep going, keep going!'
        我喊着：“坚持，坚持！”
    4. 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.
      1. His office was in keeping with his station and experience...
        他的办公室与其身份和阅历相称。
      2. 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。
      3. 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。
    5. PHRASE 继续努力
      If you keep it up, you continue working or trying as hard as you have been in the past.
      1. 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。
      2. You're doing a great job! Keep it up!
        你们干得非常棒！继续好好干吧！
    6. 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.
      1. I have to tell someone. I can't keep it to myself...
        我得找人说说。我心里憋不住。
      2. 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。
    7. 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.
      1. 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。
      2. 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。
    8. to keep someone company → see: company
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    双语例句

    1. We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me
      我们在捉弄一个总是来烦我的人。
    2. Despite everything, Elizabeth's human side keeps breaking through
      不管怎样，伊丽莎白还是不断显露出其作为普通人的一面。
    3. When his cows calve each year he keeps one or two calves for his family.
      他的母牛每年产犊时，他都给自家留上一两头。
    4. The public registry in Panama City keeps computerized records of all companies.
      巴拿马城的公共注册处把所有公司的登记信息都存入了电脑。
    5. Exercise is very important as it keeps the circulation moving and warms the extremities.
      锻炼非常重要，它可以促进血液循环，保持手脚温暖。
    6. He lives with an aunt who keeps house for him.
      他和一位帮他料理家务的姑妈住在一起。
    7. Invariably, he keeps the refrigerator well stocked.
      他总是把冰箱塞得满满的。
    8. 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。
    9. He advised them to leave town for keeps.
      他建议他们离开镇子，永远别再回来。
    10. 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。
    11. The new invention ensures the beer keeps a full, frothy head.
      这项新发明能保证啤酒始终保持丰富的泡沫。
    12. Tom keeps a primed 10-foot shotgun in his office.
      汤姆在办公室放了一支装了子弹的10英尺长的猎枪。
    13. It all keeps going round and round in my head till I don't know where I am.
      这一直在我脑海里萦绕，直到我不知身在何处。
    14. What is it that keeps a cowboy looking strong, young and ready for another roundup?
      是什么使牛仔总是看起来强壮又年轻，而且随时能够把牛赶到一起？
    15. Fred keeps cracking rude jokes with the guests
      弗雷德不停地和客人们开着粗俗的玩笑。
    16. When a company keeps making people redundant, those who are left behind might start looking over their shoulder.
      当一家公司不停地裁员时，那些留下来的员工也会开始惴惴不安了。
    17. If you're in a job that keeps you busy, stick with it
      如果你所做的工作能让你很忙，那要坚持下去。
    18. Big money could still be made if the crisis keeps oil prices high
      如果这场危机让油价居高不下的话，仍然有可能赚大钱。
    19. This stupendous novel keeps you gripped to the end.
      这部精彩的小说会让你想一口气读完。
    20. The Nile Valley keeps a temperate climate throughout the year.
      尼罗河流域一年四季气候温和。
    21. It keeps you ticking over, stops you being complacent.
      这使你进展缓慢，得意不起来。
    22. She keeps yapping at me about Joe.
      她没完没了地和我唠叨着乔的事。
    23. That's the one thing that keeps worrying me.; That's my only worry.
      只有这件事丢不开。
    24. The quartz watch keeps good time.
      石英表走时准。
    25. He is diligent and always keeps his house clean and tidy.
      他这个人手勤，屋子收拾得非常干净。
    26. The principal keeps all our school reports on file.
      校长把我校的所有报告都存档保存.
    27. He keeps an inn there.
      他在那里开了个小店。
    28. He keeps his opponents guessing what he would do next.
      他使他的对手猜不着他下一步要干什么。
    29. The man is very hospitable; he keeps open house for his friends and fellow-workers.
      那人十分好客，无论是他的朋友还是同事，他都盛情接待。
    30. His promises are written in water; he never keeps his word.
      他的诺言是转瞬即逝的；他说话从来不算话。
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