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

• 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？
• If he doesn't agree, just keep on at him until he does.
  他不答应，你就跟他磨。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• I had to keep on with the deception.
  我必须继续蒙混下去。
• Keep on learning as long as you live.
  活到老，学到老。