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 you keep on collection, in time you'll have a wealth of data.
  只要你注意搜集，久而久之，资料就丰富了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The ceasefire itself could prove stillborn if rebel units in the bush keep on fighting.
  如果丛林地带的叛军继续开火，那停火协议本身就可能起不到任何作用。
• 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。
• It's time you went. Why do you keep on chattering away?
  你不快走，还罗嗦个啥？
• 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。
• Keep on reading the text until you've learned it by heart.
  继续读课文，记住了才算数。
• A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.
  留下了20名骨干人员。