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。
• Don't keep on bothering me.
  别老磨人！
• 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？
• 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。
• How do you keep on a horse?
  你如何骑在马上？
• 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。
• A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.
  留下了20名骨干人员。
• Keep on learning as long as you live.
  活到老，学到老。
• Even though your research appears to be at a dead end now, you shouldn't lose heart but keep on trying.
  即使你们的研究现在似乎没有什么进展，你们还是不应该泄气，而要继续进行下去。
• 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。