I kept it all the time to remind me of you.
我壹直保存著它,以此喚起我對妳的記憶。
2. (壹時)擁有;保管
Please keep the watch for me while I go swimming.
我去遊泳,請代我保管這表。
3. 存放,保留,保存
We keep food in a refrigerator.
我們把食物存放在冰箱裏。
4. 使...保持在(某壹狀態)[O][O4][O7][O8][O9]
Those toys kept the children amused.
那些玩具使孩子們玩得很開心。
She kept the child quiet.
她讓孩子別作聲。
5. 整理,料理
Mother keeps the house.
母親料理家務。
6. 履行;遵守;保守
Everyone must keep the law.
每個人都必須守法。
7. 阻止,妨礙;控制住[(+from)]
Robbie couldn't keep the child from yelling.
羅比沒法使孩子不大叫大嚷。
8. 記(日記、帳等)
Mary keeps a diary.
瑪麗天天記日記。
9. 撫養;飼養
He needs more money to keep his wife and children.
他需要更多的錢來撫養妻子兒女。
10. 雇用
She keeps a maid.
她雇壹個女傭人。
11. 經營,開設(商店等)
They kept a small hotel in the town.
他們在城裏開了壹家小旅店。
12. 守衛;看守[(+from)]
He has kept goal for our team.
他壹直是我們隊的守門員。
13. 慶祝;守(宗教節日等)
They keep Christmas as well as Spring Festival in their house.
他們家既過春節,也過聖誕節。
vi.
1. 保持著某壹狀態[Q][L]
Please keep quiet.
請保持安靜。
2. (食物)保持不壞
Will this food keep in hot weather?
這種食品在熱天能經久不壞嗎?
3. 繼續不斷[+v-ing]
The child kept asking me questions.
這孩子老是問我問題。
4. 擱,拖
Sorry to disturb you, but this problem won't keep.
對不起,打擾妳了,可是這個問題急待處理。
5. 口居住,逗留
Just where she kept in Boston is unknown to history.
她在波士頓到底住在什麽地方,歷史上無人知曉。