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单词 keep up
释义 keep up
transitive verb
1. : to go on with : persevere in : continue usually with persistence
 < kept the talk up until midnight >
 < kept his criminal activity up until he was caught >
 < kept up their correspondence >
: maintain, sustain
 < kept up a front for Mama, who was not to be worried — Andrea Parke >
 < kept their standards up >
2. : to prevent from diminishing or deteriorating : keep in good condition
 < worked every day to keep the garden up >
 < kept his credit up by paying his bills regularly >
3. archaic : to keep confined or penned up
intransitive verb
1. : to stay even (as in acts of strength, endurance, or speed)
 < although he was small he could keep up with the larger boys in sports >
: stay along (as in thoughts or studies)
 < able to keep up with his class in school >
2. : to keep adequately informed — used with on or with
 < kept up with the affairs of the office >
 < keep up on international relations >
3. : to continue without interruption : maintain a particular course, condition, or series of actions
 < the rain kept up all night >
4. : to match one's neighbors or contemporaries in accomplishment or in the acquisition of material goods : be in fashion — usually used with with
 < keeping up with the professors — Yale Review >
 < farm folk seem to place less emphasis than city folk upon competitive consumption, or spending to keep up with the Joneses — Day Monroe >
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