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keep的用法

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  keep是要求学生必须掌握的四会词之一,现将其常见用法归纳小结如下,以利于大家正确地使用该词。

  一、用作系动词,意为“保持(某种状态)”,其后常接形容词作表语。

  如: Please keep quiet / silent! 请保持安静!

  After the accident, he still kept alive. 这次事故之后,他仍然活着。

  二、用作实义动词,可表示:

  1. 赡养;饲养。如:

  Does he earn enough to keep himself and his family? 他的收入够养活他自己和他的家人吗?

  I used to keep sheep in my childhood. 我在孩提时常常养羊。

  2. 保管;保存;保留。

  如: Keep the change. 零钱不用找了。

  Please keep these things for me while I am away. 在我离开期间,请你替我保管这些东西。

  3. 经营。如:

  Her father kept a grocer's shop for a number of years. 她父亲开了几年杂货店。

  4. 坚持;继续。后面如接动词,要用 V-ing 形式作宾语。如:

  If you keep (on) practising your spoken English, you'll soon make great progress. 如果你坚持练习英语口语,你很快就会取得很大的进步。

  5. 阻止;阻碍。常用于 keep sb/sth from doing sth 结构中,其中介词 from 不能省略。如:

  The heavy rain didn't keep them from watching the football match. 大雨没能阻止他们观看足球赛。

  6. 保持。其后常接复合宾语,表示使(某人或某物)保持某种状态或使某一动作继续。

  ① keep + sb/sth + 介词。如:

  If your hands are cold, keep them in your pockets. 如果你觉得手冷,就把它们放在口袋里。

  ② keep + sb/sth + 形容词。如:

  These gloves will keep your hands warm. 这种手套保暖好。

  ③ keep +sb/sth + 副词。如: The cold weather kept us indoors. 寒冷的天气使我们呆在家里。

  ④ keep + sb/sth + V-ing 形式,表示“让某人 / 某物一直„„”,强调动作的持续性。如:

  I'm sorry I've kept you waiting. 很抱歉,让你久等了。

  ⑤ keep + sb/sth + V-ed 形式,表示“让某人 / 某物一直被„„”,宾语是 V-ed 形式,表示的动作的承受者。如:

  She kept her eyes shut and stayed where she was. 她紧闭双眼,呆在原地未动。

  7. 构成的其它动词短语有:

  keep a record (保持记录), keep apart (把„„分开), keep back one's tears (忍住眼泪), keep in touch (with) (保持与„„的联系), keep out (of) (把„„关在外面), keep up (保持;使„„不能入睡), keep one's / an eye on (照管,密切注视), keep away (from) (离开;不接近;戒除), keep in mind (牢记), keep one's word (遵守诺言), keep pace/step with (跟上„„的步伐), keep up with (与„„同步;跟上)等。

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