【keep音标】 英[ki:p] 美[ki:p]
【单词释义】 keep是什么意思：
vt.保持；保留；遵守；阻止；继续，重复(做某事)
vi.（食品）保持新；保持健康
n.保持，保养；供养，抚养；生活，生计；饲料；牧草
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] keeps [第三人称单数] keeps
[单词现在分词] keeping
[单词过去式] kept
[单词过去分词] kept
【keep形近词/近似词】
peep n.偷偷一瞥；说话，出声音；吱吱声，唧唧声 v.窥视，偷看；（小鸟等）唧唧地叫
weep v.哭泣；流泪 n.哭泣
creep v.爬行，匍匐；缓慢地行进 n.讨厌的人，献媚者
jeep n.吉普车
deep adj.深的 adv.深深地
seep vi.（液体）渗；渗透；渗漏
【常用短语】
keep a diary 记日记
keep a promise 信守承诺
keep away 防范；不接近
keep back 留存；保留；隐瞒；保密
keep in 隐瞒，隐藏；抑制；继续燃烧
keep on 重复；继续
keep to 遵守；履行
keep up 保持；继续；不低落；不落后
keep up with 赶得上；和…保持联系
【近义词解析】
◇ 继续
continue (v. 继续)：指持续而不停止，也可指中断后又继续下去。
go on (phr. v. 继续，持续)：指不停顿地继续下去；go on doing sth 表示继续干同一件事，而 go on to do sth 则表示干完一件事后接着干另一件事。
keep (v. 继续)：指继续做之前所做的某事或重复做同一件事。
resume (v. 继续)：指中断后继续进行。
【单词例句】
◇ He spoke angrily to the miller, "Keep water away from her, so she cannot wash herself any more. Otherwise I have no power over her."
他怒气沖沖地对磨房主说：“把水全给我拿走！让她没法洗得那么乾净。要不然我对她就没有魔法了。”
---- The Girl without Hands (I)
◇ And the last letter even stated that they should keep the queen's tongue and eyes as proof.
最后一封信上要求把王后的舌头和眼睛挖出来留作服从国王命令的见证。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ Her parents could no longer keep the secret, but said that it had been heaven's fate, and that her birth had been only the innocent cause.
父母亲不好再对她隐瞒事情的真像。为了安慰她，他们说这一切都是上帝的意愿，她的出生降临都是上帝的安排，她是无罪的。
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ Nevertheless, early efforts to economize ice included wrapping the ice in blankets, which kept the ice from doing its job.
早期为节省冰的努力，包括用毯子把冰包起来，使得冰不能发挥它的作用。
---- The Origin of Refrigerators
◇ Phone’s ringing, she refuses to answer knowing that it’s him. “What’s the point of talking now that it’s over. I have asked for it and now. I want to keep it this way, if not I will lose face. “She thought.
电话铃声在响，老夫人知道是她丈夫打来的，但她心意已决不再接他的电话。“现在谈论还有什么意思呢？我和你的感情已经结束了。当初，第一次提出离婚的人是我，那我现在也得保持这种现状。要不然，你会说我反悔，那我岂不是很丢脸。对，对，就这样下去。”老夫人心想道。
---- Life Together
◇ When he told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which has just smashed. There were pieces of me all over the tidy, tan tiles. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, explaining it was for the best, I could do better, it was his fault and not mine.
当他告诉我他要离开的时候，我感觉自己就像花瓶裂成了碎片，跌落在茶色瓷砖地板上。他一直在说话，解释着为什么要离开，说什么这是最好的，我可以做得更好，都是他的错，与我无关。
---- A Little Piece of Me
◇ The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, the best way to keep love is to give it wings!
失去爱的方法，最快莫过于将其牢牢地抓在手心；令爱长驻的方法，最好莫过于赋予它一双翅膀——将爱放飞！
---- Best Way to Keep Love is to Give It Wings
◇ We should treat our frustration and misfortune in our life in the other way just as President Roosevelt did. We should be grateful all the time and keep having a healthy attitude to our life forever, keep having perfect characters and enterprising spirit.
我们应像罗斯福总统那样，换一个角度去看待生活中的失败和挫折，永远对生活充满感恩，才能时刻保持健康的心态，积极地生活，并能保持完美的人格和不断进取的精神。
---- Being Grateful
◇ And while I am going to school I want a wife to take care of my children. I want a wife to keep track of the children's doctor and dentist appointments. And to keep track of mine, too.
当我去进修时，我需要妻子照顾孩子，与医生、牙医预约，给孩子和我看病的事得她操心。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ Our father was left to keep his prayerful,living vigil. It was painful to leave him that night,too painful to think of him alone. But he reminded us that he would not be alone,at least for that night,he had his Love.
父亲一人留下来通宵祷告守护。留下他一人我们很痛苦，想到他独自一人，无人相伴，我们的心都要碎了。但父亲提醒我们，他并不是孤独一人，至少今晚他仍拥有他的至爱。
---- To Love Enough