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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I won't keep on waiting more than half a minute.
  我不会让你久等的。
• We'll just keep on taxing the corporations and the rich.
  只要继续对公司和有钱人征税就行了。
• Keep on fighting till victory is assured.
  继续战斗，直至胜利。
• Don't keep on bothering me.
  别老磨人！
• 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。