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

• I'm so sorry to keep on bothering you.
  老是累赘你们，真过意不去。
• It's time you went. Why do you keep on chattering away?
  你不快走，还罗嗦个啥？
• You keep on amazing me, year after year, the same old ways.
  你不断地给我同样的惊喜，年年如此。
• We'll just keep on taxing the corporations and the rich.
  只要继续对公司和有钱人征税就行了。
• 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。
• Keep on learning as long as you live.
  活到老，学到老。
• If he doesn't agree, just keep on at him until he does.
  他不答应，你就跟他磨。
• 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。
• Ray will earn his keep on local farms while studying
  雷求学期间会在当地的农场干活赚取生活费。
• He used to keep on at me about the need to win
  他以前总是跟我唠叨必须获胜才行。