Keep 用法知多少-word资料(精).doc

Keep 用法知多少湖北郑光虎 keep 是英语中用法灵活的动词之一,下面笔者就其用法归纳如下: 一、用作系动词,意为“保持(某种状态) ”,其后常接形容词作表语。如: Please keep quiet / silent! 请保持安静! After the accident, he still kept alive. 这次事故之后,他仍然活着。二、用作实义动词,可表示: 1. 保管;保存;保留。如: Keep the change. 零钱不用找了。 Please keep these things for me while I am away. 在我离开期间,请你替我保管这些东西。 2. 赡养;饲养。如: Does he earn enough to keep himself and his family? 他的收入够养活他自己和他的家人吗? I used to keep sheep in my childhood. 我在孩提时常常养羊。 3. 经营。如: Her father kept a grocer's shop for a number of years. 她父亲开了几年杂货店。 4. 坚持;继续。后面如接动词,要用 V-ing 形式作宾语。如: If you keep (on) practising your spoken English, you'll soon make great progress. 如果你坚持练习英语口语,你很快就会取得很大的进步。 5. 阻止;阻碍。常用于 keep sb/sth from doing sth 结构中,其中介词 from 不能省略。如: The heavy rain didn't keep them from watching the football match. 大雨没能阻止他们观看足球赛。 6. 保持。其后常接复合宾语, 表示使( 某人或某物) 保持某种状态或使某一动作继续。① keep + sb/sth + 介词。如: If your hands are cold, keep them in your pockets. 如果你觉得手冷,就把它们放在口袋里。② keep + sb/sth + 形容词。如: These gloves will keep your hands warm. 这种手套保暖好。③ keep +sb/sth + 副词。如: The cold weather kept us indoors. 寒冷的天气使我们呆在家里。④ keep + sb/sth + V-ing 形式,表示“让某人/ 某物一直……”,强调动作的持续性。如: I'm sorry I've kept you waiting. 很抱歉,让你久等了。⑤ keep + sb/sth + V-ed 形式,表示“让某人/ 某物一直被……”,宾语是 V-ed 形式,表示的动作的承受者。如: She kept her eyes shut and stayed where she was. 她紧闭双眼,呆在原地未动。 7. 构成的其它动词短语有: keep a record (保持记录), keep apart (把……分开), keep back one's tears (忍住眼泪), keep in touch (wi