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.- 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。
- Sometimes they keep you on a bit longer if there's no one quite ready to step into your shoes...
英英释义
verb
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- We cannot continue several servants any longer
- She retains a lawyer
- The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff
- Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on
- We kept the work going as long as we could
- She retained her composure
- this garment retains its shape even after many washings
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。 - 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。 - Keep on fighting till victory is assured.
继续战斗,直至胜利。 - 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? - 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。 - 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? - 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。 - We are going to keep on with our vital work on welfare and immigration too.
我们也会继续福利和移民方面的重要工作。 - He used to keep on at me about the need to win
他以前总是跟我唠叨必须获胜才行。