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

• We are going to keep on with our vital work on welfare and immigration too.
  我们也会继续福利和移民方面的重要工作。
• Don't keep on bothering me.
  别老磨人！
• I had to keep on with the deception.
  我必须继续蒙混下去。
• A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.
  留下了20名骨干人员。
• To know it's no use, but keep on doing it--there can be no greater folly than this.
  知其不可而为之，愚不可及也。
• 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。
• How do you keep on a horse?
  你如何骑在马上？
• 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？
• Keep on learning as long as you live.
  活到老，学到老。
• 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。