"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"
1. -> see keep 7
2.继续雇用
If youkeep someoneon, you continue to employ them, for example after they are old enough to retire or after other employees have lost their jobs.
keep on的翻译
e.g. Sometimes theykeep youon 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。
e.g. A skeleton staff of 20 is being kepton.
留下了20名骨干人员。
1. 继续进行,反复地做：keepon good terms 保持友好关系 |keepon 继续进行,反复地做 |keepone's balance 保持(身体)平衡
2. 继续不断,保持：keep off不接近,避开 |keepon继续不断,保持 |keep out of躲开,置身......之外
3. 爱好,很喜欢：jealous of嫉妒 |keepon爱好,很喜欢 | liable for对...有责任
4. 继续(进行)：keep off 勿踏,勿踩 |keepon 继续(进行) |keepone's word 守信
经过短暂的休息，比赛继续进行。
Work is going ahead on the new bridge.新桥的工作正在继续进行之中。
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。
It would stop selling gold and keep on buying Zimbabwean government bonds.它将停止出售黄金换取津巴布韦政府债券.
I know I can achieve success if I keep on trying.我知道,如果我不断尝试,我就会获得成功.
Will you keep on the course of exercises until you are thinner?你要继续这项训练直到身体瘦下来为止 吗 ?
Thus , we should keep on promoting the monetization reform of wage system.继续推进现行工资制度的货币化改革是有效地开征社会保障税的前提.
You just have to keep on with the exercise 'u2013 you'll see the results over time.只要坚持锻炼,日久天长就会有效果.
You have only to try and keep on trying and it will prove true for you.你只要去尝试一下,不断努力的去尝试一下,它就能向你证明一切.
Let us keep on with our work.让我们继续干吧.
Turn left at the corner and keep on as far as the church.到街角向左拐,一直向前走到教堂.
If you keep on dunning, I'll never pay.如果你继续和我纠缠, 我决不付钱.
Don't keep on bothering me.别老磨人!
We'll keep on driving while there's still daylight.趁着天亮,我们继续往前开车.
He didn't come at all. It was silly of us to keep on waiting for him.他根本没有来, 我们傻等了他半天.
If he doesn't agree, just keep on at him until he does.他不答应, 你就跟他磨.
I won't keep on waiting more than half a minute.我不会再继续多等一分钟.
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.
A policeman has to keep on his toes all the time he's on duty.警察在执勤时必须时刻保持警覺.
It's time you went. Why do you keep on chattering away?你不快走, 还罗嗦个啥?
If we keep on our way for another hour, we should reach the village.如果再继续向前走一小时, 我们就到那个村子了.
They keep on muddying the waters by raising other political issues.他们不停地提出其他政治问题，力图把水搅浑。
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。
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。
Did he give up or keep on trying?他是放弃了还是在继续努力？
Never keep on exercising if you have even the slightest chest pain.即使你只感到很轻微的胸部疼痛，也不要继续锻炼。
The practice is to keep on record any analysis of samples.习惯上要把所有的样品分析记录在案。
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。
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。
You've constantly got to keep on at people about that.你总是得没完没了地和别人说那件事。
