kept

英 [kept]

美 [kept]

v. (使)保持，处于; 继续，重复(做某事); 使耽搁; 使延误
keep的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：kept　过去式：kept　

BNC.35360 / COCA.30370

柯林斯词典

adj

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
1. unbroken promises
2. promises kept
Synonym:unbroken

They didn't take my father away, but kept him in the village and worked him to death.
他们没有把我爸爸带走，而是一直让他在村里干活，把他活活累死了。
His parents kept a vigil by his bedside as he was given brain and body scans.
在他做脑扫描和全身扫描时，他的父母守护在他床边。
We shall be able to tell whether you've kept your side of the bargain.
我方应能知道你方是否遵守了协议。
I have kept birds for some 30 years
我养鸟大约有30年了。
They kept going, destroying one store after another.
他们并未停手，摧毁了一家又一家商店。
He was wet through with sweat, but he kept on working.
他衣服都叫汗湿透了，还尽着干呢。
She had always kept his family at arm's length.
她一直与他的家人保持一定距离。
She shook her head and started to walk on. He kept up with her.
她摇了摇头开始往前走。他跟了上去。
A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.
留下了20名骨干人员。
Had she kept the camera focused on the river bank she might have captured a vital scene.
要是她把相机的镜头一直对准河岸的话，可能就捕捉到重要的一幕了。