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

• Keep on learning as long as you live.
  活到老，学到老。
• He didn't come at all. It was silly of us to keep on waiting for him.
  他根本没有来，我们傻等了他半天。
• Don't keep on bothering me.
  别老磨人！
• 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。
• You've constantly got to keep on at people about that
  你总是得没完没了地和别人说那件事。
• Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting.
  假如得不到解决，像休·戈弗雷这样的人就会一直坚持斗争下去。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Keep on fighting till victory is assured.
  继续战斗，直至胜利。