keep up

短语
大学

不低落, 维持, 继续 [经] 坚持, 保持, 继续

发音

AU

词形变化

keeping up keeps up 三单 keeps up kept up keeping up 现在分词 kept up 过去式 kept up 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To continue with (work, etc).

    习语 及物
  3. 3.

    To stay even or ahead.

    习语 不及物

    They ran so fast I could hardly keep up.

  4. 4.

    To ensure that one remains well-informed about something.

    I always try to keep up with (or "keep up on") current affairs.

  5. 5.

    To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep

    The crying baby kept me up all night

  6. 6.

    To use capital letters as much as reasonable.

    废旧 媒体 印刷

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

follow maintain preserve sustain conserve prolong

上位词 10

keep hold continue prevent maintain observe preserve uphold carry on bear on

下位词 7

keep continue retain embalm hold the line keep on keep pace

近义相关 2

follow trace

参见 1

keep

词源

From Middle English kepen up (“to perpetuate, maintain, preserve”), equivalent to keep + up.

来源：wiktionary