If he keeps the palm of the hand parallel to the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is reserved for the description of animals.
出自-2014年6月聽力原文
The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules Early on you keep everything private.
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
keeps someone from taking action
出自-2010年12月閱讀原文
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V-LINK-ERG
（使）保持
If someone keeps or is kept in a particular state, they remain in it.
例句
The noise kept him awake...
噪音吵得他一直沒有睡著。
Reggie was being kept busy behind the bar...
雷吉一直在柜臺后忙活。
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V-ERG
（使）處于；（使）留在
If you keep or you are kept in a particular position or place, you remain in it.
例句
Keep away from the doors while the train is moving...
列車運行過程中要遠離車門。
He kept his head down, hiding his features...
他低頭掩面。
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V-ERG
（使）堅持（避免或不卷入）
If you keep off something or keep away from it, you avoid it. If you keep out of something, you avoid getting involved in it. You can also say that you keep someone off ,away from or out of something.
例句
I managed to stick to the diet and keep off sweet foods...
我努力做到了只吃規定飲食，不沾甜食。
He's going to be a fantastic player if he keeps away from booze and women...
如果能不近酒色，他將成為一名出色的運動員。
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VERB
阻止（或防止、阻礙）…做
If someone or something keeps you from a particular action, they prevent you from doing it.
例句
Embarrassment has kept me from doing all sorts of things...
我總是害怕受窘，什么事都不敢去做。
He kept her from being lonely...
他不讓她感到孤獨。
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VERB
忍住（或克制）不做
If you try to keep from doing something, you try to stop yourself from doing it.
例句
She bit her lip to keep from crying...
她咬住嘴唇不哭。
He had to lean on Dan to keep from falling.
他不得不靠在丹身上以免摔倒。
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VERB
保守;隱瞞
If you keep something from someone, you do not tell them about it.
例句
She knew that Gabriel was keeping something from her.
她知道加布里埃爾有事瞞著她。
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VERB
重復；繼續
If you keep doing something, you do it repeatedly or continue to do it.
例句
I keep forgetting it's December...
我總是忘了現在是12月了。
I turned back after a while, but he kept walking...
我過了一會就往回走了，但他還接著走。
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VERB
（與某些名詞連用，表示持續一段時間或繼續做某事）持續，繼續（持有或控制）
Keep is used with some nouns to indicate that someone does something for a period of time or continues to do it. For example, if you keep a grip on something, you continue to hold or control it.
例句
Until last year, the regime kept a tight grip on the country...
直到去年，那個國家還處于該政權的嚴密控制之下。
One of them would keep a look-out on the road behind to warn us of approaching vehicles...
他們中會有一人看著后面的路，提醒我們注意過來的車輛。
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VERB
保留；保有；留有
If you keep something, you continue to have it in your possession and do not throw it away, give it away, or sell it.
例句
'I like this dress,' she said. 'Keep it. You can have it,' said Daphne...
“我喜歡這件連衣裙，”她說。“留下吧。給你了，”達夫妮說道。
Lathan had to choose between marrying her and keeping his job.
萊森不得不在娶她和保住工作之間作出選擇。
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VERB
存放；儲存
If you keep something in a particular place, you always have it or store it in that place so that you can use it whenever you need it.
例句
She kept her money under the mattress...
她把錢放在床墊下。
She remembered where she kept the gun...
她記得放槍的地方。
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VERB
遵守；篤守；恪守
When you keep something such as a promise or an appointment, you do what you said you would do.
例句
I'm hoping you'll keep your promise to come for a long visit...
我希望你遵守諾言來這兒多呆幾天。
He had again failed to keep his word.
他又食言了。
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VERB
記下；記錄；記載
If you keep a record of a series of events, you write down details of it so that they can be referred to later.
例句
Eleanor began to keep a diary...
埃莉諾開始記日記了。
The volunteers kept a record of everything they ate for a week.
志愿者記錄下他們一周所吃的所有食物。
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VERB
供養；撫養；養活
If you keep yourself or keep someone else, you support yourself or the other person by earning enough money to provide food, clothing, money, and other necessary things.
例句
She could just about afford to keep her five kids...
她勉勉強強能養得起自己的5個孩子。
I just cannot afford to keep myself...
我難以維持生計。
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N-SING
生活費用
Someone's keep is the cost of food and other things that they need in their daily life.
例句
Ray will earn his keep on local farms while studying...
雷求學期間會在當地的農場干活賺取生活費。
I need to give my parents money for my keep.
我需要付給父母我的生活費。
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VERB
飼養
If you keep animals, you own them and take care of them.
例句
I've brought you some eggs. We keep chickens...
我給你帶了些雞蛋。我們養雞。
This mad writer kept a lobster as a pet.
這個瘋狂的作家把龍蝦當寵物養。
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VERB
開設；經營；管理
If you keep a business such as a small shop or hotel, you own it and manage it.
例句
His father kept a village shop.
他父親經營一家鄉村商店。
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VERB
使耽擱;使延誤
If someone or something keeps you, they delay you and make you late.
例句
Sorry to keep you, Jack...
很抱歉讓你久等了，杰克。
'What kept you?' — 'I went in the wrong direction.'
“你為什么晚了？”——“我走錯了方向。”
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VERB
（食物）保持不壞
If food keeps for a certain length of time, it stays fresh and suitable to eat for that time.
例句
Whatever is left over may be put into the refrigerator, where it will keep for 2-3 weeks.
剩下的東西都可以放進冰箱，可以保持兩到三個星期不壞。
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VERB
（用于詢問健康狀況）保持健康
You can say or ask how someone is keeping as a way of saying or asking whether they are well.
例句
She hasn't been keeping too well lately...
她最近身體不太好。
How are you keeping these days?
你這些天身體怎么樣？
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N-COUNT
（中世紀的）城堡主樓
A keep is the main tower of a medieval castle, in which people lived.
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PHRASE
繼續做；堅持干
If you keep at it, you continue doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
例句
It may take a number of attempts, but it is worth keeping at it...
可能要試幾次，但還是值得堅持的。
'Keep at it!' Thade encouraged me.
“堅持下去！”薩德鼓勵我道。
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PHRASE
永遠；永不更改地
Something that is for keeps is permanent and will not change.
例句
Ensure that whatever you gain now will be for keeps...
確保你現在所獲得的一切永遠不會失去。
He advised them to leave town for keeps.
他建議他們離開鎮子，永遠別再回來。
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PHRASE
繼續移動;堅持干
If you keep going, you continue moving along or doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
例句
She forced herself to keep going...
她強迫自己繼續下去。
I was shouting: 'Keep going, keep going!'
我喊著：“堅持，堅持！”
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PHRASE
協調/不協調;一致/不一致
If one thing is in keeping with another, it is suitable in relation to that thing. If one thing is out of keeping with another, it is not suitable in relation to that thing.
例句
His office was in keeping with his station and experience...
他的辦公室與其身份和閱歷相稱。
In keeping with tradition, the Emperor and Empress did not attend the ceremony...
按照傳統，皇帝和皇后未參加該儀式。
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PHRASE
繼續努力
If you keep it up, you continue working or trying as hard as you have been in the past.
例句
There are fears that he will not be able to keep it up when he gets to the particularly demanding third year...
有人擔心他到了要求極其嚴格的第3年時會堅持不下去。
You're doing a great job! Keep it up!
你們干得非常棒！繼續好好干吧！
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PHRASE
把…秘而不宣；不將…說出去
If you keep something to yourself, you do not tell anyone else about it.
例句
I have to tell someone. I can't keep it to myself...
我得找人說說。我心里憋不住。
There's one thing you can do for me. But keep it to yourself.
有件事你能幫我做。但你要保密。
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PHRASE
離群索居；不與人來往
If you keep yourself to yourself or keep to yourself, you stay on your own most of the time and do not mix socially with other people.
例句
He was a quiet man who kept himself to himself...
他是個喜歡安靜、不愛與人來往的人。
Since she knows little Italian, she keeps to herself.
因為不怎么懂意大利語，她很少和人交往。