我优求知网keep的用法
keep 是英语中用法灵活的动词之一，keep用作及物动词，意为“保管、存放、保存、留下”等。下面就其用法归纳如下下面带来的keep的用法。
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. 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。
2. 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。
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。
keep的过去式
过去式：kept
adj.受人资助控制的;
v.(使)保持，(使)继续( keep的过去式和过去分词); (食品)保持新鲜;保有;保存
keep的`过去式kept的例句
1. A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.
留下了20名骨干人员。
2. The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended.
这架飞机已经超期服役很长时间了。
3. He kept encouraging Rosie to find a place of her own.
他不断鼓励罗茜为自己找个住处。
4. Mike kept snatching him up by the collar and jerking him up.
迈克一直揪着他的领子把他往上猛举。
5. The child kept her eyes fixed on the wall behind him.
这个小女孩眼睛一直紧盯着他身后的那堵墙。
6. The exact locations are being kept secret for reasons of security.
确切地点因为安全原因要保密。
7. The volunteers kept a record of everything they ate for a week.
志愿者记录下他们一周所吃的所有食物。
8. Any child who is caught will be kept in at playtime.
凡是被抓住的孩子在课间游戏时要被留在屋里。
9. With four laps to go, he kept pace with the leaders.
还剩4圈的时候，他紧紧咬住领先者。
10. The prison's inmates are being kept in their cells.
这个监狱的犯人被关在他们的囚室里。
keep的语法
vt.保持;保留;遵守;阻止
vi.(食品)保持新;保持健康;
n.保持，保养;供养，抚养;生活，生计;饲料;牧草
1. Remember, keep a positive attitude and good things will happen.
记住：保持乐观的心态，好事自然会发生。
2. Llewelyn was mounting the stairs up into the keep.
卢埃林登上台阶，走进城堡主楼。
3. When you are sitting, keep your elbow on the arm rest.
坐立时，把胳膊肘靠在扶手上。
4. It's a constant struggle to try to keep them up to par.
要让他们达标，需要不断努力。
5. Just play it safe, cover your ass, keep your head down.
要谨慎行事，保护好自己并保持低调。
6. It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.
如此维持一个人的生命是对人类尊严的冒犯。
7. Keep your spending on luxuries down to manageable proportions.
将你在奢侈品上的花费降至可控范围。
8. The Government is anxious to keep the whole case out of court.
***府迫切希望整件事能够在庭外解决。
9. Locking up men does nothing more than keep them off the streets.
把这些人关起来只是做到了不让他们上街而已。