- 词义辨析
keep open doors, keep the door open
这两个短语区别有三:
1.前者的意思是“好客”或“对客人盛情招待”; 后者的意思是“使门保持开着”。
2.前者中的doors是复数形式,其前无冠词; 而后者中的door则根据实际情况,可用单数,也可用复数。
3.前者中的open位于doors之前,作定语; 后者中的open位于door之后,作宾语补足语。
keep shop, keep a shop
这两个短语的区别是:
1.前者的意思是“照管店务”; 后者的意思是“开一个店铺”。
2.前者中的shop是不可数名词,无单复数之分; 后者中的shop是可数名词,可根据实际情况而用单复数。例如:
His father kept two shops in the countryside.他父亲在乡间开了两个小店。
keep silent, keep silence
这两个短语意思不能混淆:前者的意思是“不吭声”或“默不作声”,后者的意思是“保持安静”。试比较:
He was unable to keep silent any longer.
他再也不能保持沉默了。
I hope you will keep silence while I am away.
我出去后,我希望你安静些。
- 速记技巧
词源词根法
来自古英语cepan,抓住,握住,保持,观察,再来自Proto-Germanic*kopijan,看,注视,来自PIE*gab,照看,看管。比较hold,behold.来源于古英语cepan。
- 近义词
- 反义词
- maintainv.维持,保持;坚称;维修,保养;供养;坚持(意见);固执己见
- storen.(大型)百货商店;商店,店铺;储存,储备;大量,丰富;储存品,备用品,补给品;储备金;仓库, 栈房,储藏所;<主英><计>存储器;<英>(不到40公斤的未离乳的)待肥育猪
- preservev.保持;保护;保险;腌制;
- stayvt.& vi. 停留;停止;坚持;抑制;
- holdvt. 拿住,握住;保留,保存;扣留,拘押;容纳;举行;
- lastdet. 最近过去的;
- savev.救助;储蓄;节约;保存;收集;使免受;救(球);
- withholdv.拒绝给;扣留;
- retainvt.保持;留在心中,记住;雇用;付定金保留;
- 知识拓展
常用短语
keep in 隐瞒,隐藏;抑制;继续燃烧
keep on 继续;穿着…不脱
keep up 保持;继续;不低落;不落后
keep up with 赶得上;和…保持联系
词组比较
1.keep doing sth与keep on doing sth若表示反复发生的动作(即动作间有间隔),可互换;若表示持续的状态或连续不断的动作(动作之间无间隔),则用keep doing sthI kept hoping that they would have chance to come to China some day.我一直希望他们有机会到中国来。
2.keep sb doing sth与keep sb from doing sth前者指使某人不停地做某事,后者指使某人不做某事,两者意思几乎相反Iˈm sorry to have kept you waiting.对不起让你等了。/The rain kept us from going out.下雨使我们没法出去。
- 双语例句 更多例句
They were careful to keep their distance from the ill-tempered professor.
他们都谨慎地避开这位坏脾气的教授.
《简明英汉词典》
Read these notes carefully and keep them for future reference.
仔细阅读这些注释并将其保留下来以备将来之用。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
Don't worry about a bed for tonight; I've sent ahead to the hotel to ask them to keep a room for us.
不要担心今晚的住宿问题, 我已事先与旅馆联系,请他们给我们留个房间.
《简明英汉词典》
The afflicted person should keep off solid foods and drink plenty of fluids.
病人不应吃固体食物而要多喝流质食物。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
That is irrelevant; we must keep the main purpose of this meeting in sight.
那毫不相干, 我们要牢牢记住这次会议的主要目的.
《简明英汉词典》
- 相关词组
- keep in check抑制;约束;制止;牵制;
- keep company陪伴某人,陪某人同走;作伴;交游;
- keep secret保密,把…保密;秘而不宣;
- keep cool保持凉爽,保持不热;<非正>保持冷静;沉住气;泰然自若;
- keep one's cool保持镇静,保持自制力;
- keep under surveillance[法] 看管;
- keep house管理家务;自立门户;持家;
- keep up with跟上,保持同步;
- keep clear ofv.不接触;
- keep a diaryv.写日记;
- keep in mind牢记;
- keep a tight rein onv.对…严加约束;
- keep talking继续说;
- keep fighting继续战斗
- keep in store保藏;
- keep a school办(私立)学校;办学校
- earn one's keepv.值得雇用,挣饭吃;维持生计;
- keep tab onv.记录,监视;
- keep in抑制;(使)继续燃烧;储备;(使)留在家里;
- keep a promise遵守诺言,履行诺言;[经] 守约;信守诺言;践约;
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- noise n.噪音;喧闹声;响声;言语;干扰信息;
- Why Would I Ever 我为什么会; 我怎么可能会; 究竟为什么;
- 变脸 suddenly turn hostile;[电影]Face Off;face changing; change one's countenance; turn hostile suddenly;
- judgement n.判断,鉴定,评价,判断;审判,裁判,判决;看法,意见;判断力,见识;
- competence n.能力;权限;技能;
- kettle n.(烧水用的)壶;小汽锅;
- pattern n.模式;范例;图案;模型;样品;v.构成图案;使形成;
- plog n.帕洛格(姓氏);图片博客(photo blog)
- suffering n.痛苦;受苦;v.受苦;患病(suffer的现在分词);
- landlord n.房东,地主;店主;

