stay on

英 [steɪ ɒn]

美 [steɪ ɑːn]

（在别人都已离开或自己打算离开时）继续留下

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (在别人都已离开或自己打算离开的时间后)继续留下
  If youstay onsomewhere, you remain there after other people have left or after the time when you were going to leave.
  1. He had managed to arrange to stay on in Adelaide...
     他已设法安排好在阿德莱德继续呆下去。
  2. So few teenage Britons stay on at school, compared with the rest of Europe...
     和欧洲其他国家相比，英国留在学校继续学习的青少年寥寥无几。
  3. The board reversed its decision and asked Mr. Evans to stay on.
     委员会改变了决定，请求埃文斯先生留下。

英英释义

verb

• continue in a place, position, or situation
  1. After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser
  2. Stay with me, please
  3. despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year
  4. She continued as deputy mayor for another year
  Synonym:staycontinueremain

双语例句

• How does he stay on top, 17 years after becoming foreign minister?
  他是怎样在成为外交大臣以后的17年间保住最高职位的？
• So few teenage Britons stay on at school, compared with the rest of Europe
  和欧洲其他国家相比，英国留在学校继续学习的青少年寥寥无几。
• He's lucky if he can stay on for three months.
  他要是能继续待上三个月，就算很走运的了。
• If I am made chairman, I hope Simon will stay on as my trusted lieutenant.
  如果我当主席，我希望西蒙作为我信赖的副官，继续留在我的身边。
• This will compel both scientists and governments to stay on their toes.
  这将迫使科学家和政府都保持警惕。
• Would you stay on the line while I talk to the next caller?
  我和下一个来电话的人讲话时你能不能先别挂掉电话？
• He expects me to stay on here and I can hardly refuse.
  他希望我继续留在这里，我很难拒绝。
• He had managed to arrange to stay on in Adelaide
  他已设法安排好在阿德莱德继续呆下去。
• Nobody's asking you to stay on too, captain.
  没人要求你也呆在这里，上尉。
• Can't you stay on?
  你不能再多待一会儿吗？