单词 | keep up |
释义 | keep up 1. < 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. < worked every day to keep the garden up > < kept his credit up by paying his bills regularly > 3. archaic intransitive verb 1. < 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. < kept up with the affairs of the office > < keep up on international relations > 3. < the rain kept up all night > 4. < 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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