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

• If we keep on our way for another hour we should reach the village.
  如果再继续向前走一小时，我们就到那个村子了。
• The practice is to keep on record any analysis of samples.
  习惯上要把所有的样品分析记录在案。
• I won't keep on waiting more than half a minute.
  我不会让你久等的。
• Never keep on exercising if you have even the slightest chest pain
  即使你只感到很轻微的胸部疼痛，也不要继续锻炼。
• 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。
• Keep on fighting till victory is assured.
  继续战斗，直至胜利。
• 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 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。
• I had to keep on with the deception.
  我必须继续蒙混下去。
• Will you keep on the course of exercises until you are thinner?
  你要继续这项训练，直到身体瘦下来为止吗？