??? keep 是英語中用法靈活的動詞之一,下面筆者就其用法歸納如下:
?一、用作系動詞,意為“保持(某種狀態)”,其后常接形容詞作表語。如:
??? Please keep quiet / silent! 請保持安靜!
??? After the accident, he still kept alive. 這次事故之后,他仍然活著。
?二、用作實義動詞,可表示:
??? 1. 保管;保存;保留。如:
??? Keep the change. 零錢不用找了。
??? Please keep these things for me while I am away. 在我離開期間,請你替我保管這些東西。
??? 2. 贍養;飼養。如:
??? Does he earn enough to keep himself and his family? 他的收入夠養活他自己和他的家人嗎?
??? I used to keep sheep in my childhood. 我在孩提時常常養羊。
??? 3. 經營。如:
??? Her father kept a grocer's shop for a number of years. 她父親開了幾年雜貨店。
??? 4. 堅持;繼續。后面如接動詞,要用 V-ing 形式作賓語。如:
??? If you keep (on) practising your spoken English, you'll soon make great progress. 如果你堅持練習英語口語,你很快就會取得很大的進步。
??? 5. 阻止;阻礙。常用于 keep sb/sth from doing sth 結構中,其中介詞 from 不能省略。如:
??? The heavy rain didn't keep them from watching the football match. 大雨沒能阻止他們觀看足球賽。
??? 6. 保持。其后常接復合賓語,表示使(某人或某物)保持某種狀態或使某一動作繼續。
??? ① keep + sb/sth + 介詞。如:
??? If your hands are cold, keep them in your pockets.
??? 如果你覺得手冷,就把它們放在口袋里。
??? ② keep + sb/sth + 形容詞。如:
??? These gloves will keep your hands warm.
??? 這種手套保暖好。
??? ③ keep +sb/sth + 副詞。如:
??? The cold weather kept us indoors.
??? 寒冷的天氣使我們呆在家里。
??? ④ keep + sb/sth + V-ing 形式,表示“讓某人 / 某物一直……”,強調動作的持續性。如:
??? I'm sorry I've kept you waiting.
??? 很抱歉,讓你久等了。
??? ⑤ keep + sb/sth + V-ed 形式,表示“讓某人 / 某物一直被……”,賓語是 V-ed 形式,表示的動作的承受者。如:
??? She kept her eyes shut and stayed where she was.
??? 她緊閉雙眼,呆在原地未動。
??? 7. 構成的其它動詞短語有:
??? keep a record (保持記錄), keep apart (把……分開), keep back one's tears (忍住眼淚), keep in touch (with) (保持與……的聯系), keep out (of) (把……關在外面), keep up (保持;使……不能入睡), keep one's / an eye on (照管,密切注視), keep away (from) (離開;不接近;戒除), keep in mind (牢記), keep one's word (遵守諾言), keep pace/step with (跟上……的步伐), keep up with (與……同步;跟上)等。
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