keep的用法
keep是要求學生必須掌握的四會詞之一,現(xiàn)將其常見用法歸納小結(jié)如下,以利于大家正確地使用該詞。
一、用作系動詞,意為“保持(某種狀態(tài))”,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. 贍養(yǎng);飼養(yǎng)。如:
Does he earn enough to keep himself and his family? 他的收入夠養(yǎng)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(yǎng)羊。
2. 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。
3. 經(jīng)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(xù)。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(jié)構(gòu)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(tài)或使某一動作繼續(xù)。
?、?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。
?、?keep + sb/sth + 形容詞。如:
These gloves will keep your hands warm. 這種手套保暖好。
?、?keep +sb/sth + 副詞。如: The cold weather kept us indoors. 寒冷的天氣使我們呆在家里。
?、?keep + sb/sth + V-ing 形式,表示“讓某人 / 某物一直„„”,強調(diào)動作的持續(xù)性。如:
I'm sorry I've kept you waiting. 很抱歉,讓你久等了。
?、?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(gòu)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(lián)系), keep out (of) (把„„關(guān)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。