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

• 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。
• A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.
  留下了20名骨干人员。
• 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？
• 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。
• Keep on reading the text until you've learned it by heart.
  继续读课文，记住了才算数。
• If he doesn't agree, just keep on at him until he does.
  他不答应，你就跟他磨。
• 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。
• 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。
• Keep on learning as long as you live.
  活到老，学到老。
• 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。