keep on

英 [kiːp ɒn]

美 [kiːp ɑːn]

重复; 继续; 继续雇用

柯林斯词典

• → see:keep 7
• PHRASAL VERB 继续雇用
  If youkeepsomeoneon, you continue to employ them, for example after they are old enough to retire or after other employees have lost their jobs.
  1. Sometimes they keep you on a bit longer if there's no one quite ready to step into your shoes...
     有时如果没有顶替你的合适人选，他们会继续雇用你一段时间。
  2. A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.
     留下了20名骨干人员。

英英释义

verb

• allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
  1. We cannot continue several servants any longer
  2. She retains a lawyer
  3. The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff
  4. Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on
  5. We kept the work going as long as we could
  6. She retained her composure
  7. this garment retains its shape even after many washings
  Synonym:retaincontinuekeep

双语例句

• You've constantly got to keep on at people about that
  你总是得没完没了地和别人说那件事。
• He used to keep on at me about the need to win
  他以前总是跟我唠叨必须获胜才行。
• This medicine will be effective if you keep on taking it for a time.
  这种药连着吃下去一定会有成效。
• 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。
• Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting.
  假如得不到解决，像休·戈弗雷这样的人就会一直坚持斗争下去。
• He didn't come at all. It was silly of us to keep on waiting for him.
  他根本没有来，我们傻等了他半天。
• I had to keep on with the deception.
  我必须继续蒙混下去。
• When on earth will we finish if we keep on dawdling like this?
  这么拖下去，驴年马月才能干完？
• You keep on amazing me, year after year, the same old ways.
  你不断地给我同样的惊喜，年年如此。
• We'll just keep on taxing the corporations and the rich.
  只要继续对公司和有钱人征税就行了。