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

• 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。
• I won't keep on waiting more than half a minute.
  我不会让你久等的。
• Keep on learning as long as you live.
  活到老，学到老。
• When on earth will we finish if we keep on dawdling like this?
  这么拖下去，驴年马月才能干完？
• 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。
• 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。
• This medicine will be effective if you keep on taking it for a time.
  这种药连着吃下去一定会有成效。
• The practice is to keep on record any analysis of samples.
  习惯上要把所有的样品分析记录在案。
• How do you keep on a horse?
  你如何骑在马上？
• Never keep on exercising if you have even the slightest chest pain
  即使你只感到很轻微的胸部疼痛，也不要继续锻炼。