| 单词 | keep up |
| 释义 | keep up (once / 225 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v WORD FAMILY keep up: keeping up, keeps up, kept up USAGE EXAMPLESNow, at age 58, it's difficult to keep up any fitness routine for more than a few months, due to pain . . . and idleness! New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) In November, the prime minister declared that the west needed to “keep up the pressure on Russia” over its conduct in Syria. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Ma kept up the routine for more than a decade. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v maintain a required pace or level He could not keep up and dropped out of the race Hypo keep pace, keep step maintain the same pace 2v lengthen or extend in duration or space 2keep up the good work Syn|Hypo|Hyper prolong, sustain continue, keep, keep on, retain allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last v keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction 3The old lady could not keep up the building Syn|Hypo|Hyper conserve, maintain, preserve embalm preserve a dead body plastinatepreserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes hold the linehold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant mummifyremove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it keep look after; be the keeper of; have charge of v keep informed 4He kept up on his country's foreign policies Syn follow, keep abreast follow, trace follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something v prevent from going to bed at night |
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