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 he doesn't agree, just keep on at him until he does.
  他不答应，你就跟他磨。
• 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。
• 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？
• Even though your research appears to be at a dead end now, you shouldn't lose heart but keep on trying.
  即使你们的研究现在似乎没有什么进展，你们还是不应该泄气，而要继续进行下去。
• 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 learning as long as you live.
  活到老，学到老。
• Keep on reading the text until you've learned it by heart.
  继续读课文，记住了才算数。
• Don't keep on bothering me.
  别老磨人！
• 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。
• 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？