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keep的过去式和过去分词
kept
[ adj ]
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
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unbroken promisespromises kept
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
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unbroken promisespromises kept
Keep \Keep\ (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep,
regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover,
OE. copnien to desire.]
1. To care; to desire. [Obs.]
I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. --Chaucer.
2. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let
go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to
lose; to retain; to detain.
If we lose the field,
We can not keep the town. --Shak.
That I may know what keeps me here with you.
--Dryden.
If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are
considering, that would instruct us. --Locke.
3. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to
maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
tenor.
His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton.
Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on.
--Addison.
Note: In this sense it is often used with prepositions and
adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from,
to keep in, out, or off, etc. ``To keep off
impertinence and solicitation from his superior.''
--Addison.
4. To have in custody; to have in some place for
preservation; to take charge of.
The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was
always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. --Knolles.
5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. --Gen.
xxviii. 15.
6. To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to
communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.
Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man.
--Milton.
7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the
garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. --Gen.
ii. 15.
In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
--Carew.
8. To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to
keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts,
records, etc. ) in a book.
9. To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the
like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
Like a pedant that keeps a school. --Shak.
Every one of them kept house by himself. --Hayward.
10. To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to
keep boarders.
11. To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an
assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
I keep but three men and a boy. --Shak.
12. To have habitually in stock for sale.
13. To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to
intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to
keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.
Both day and night did we keep company. --Shak.
Within this portal as I kept my watch. --Smollett.
14. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from
or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to
neglect; to be faithful to.
I have kept the faith. --2 Tim. iv.
7.
Him whom to love is to obey, and keep
His great command. --Milton.
15. To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as,
to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to haunt; to
frequent. --Shak.
'Tis hallowed ground;
Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep. --J.
Fletcher.
16. To observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to
solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
I went with them to the house of God . . . with a
multitude that kept holyday. --Ps. xlii. 4.
{To keep at arm's length}. See under {Arm}, n.
{To keep back}.
(a) To reserve; to withhold. ``I will keep nothing back
from you.'' --Jer. xlii. 4.
(b) To restrain; to hold back. ``Keep back thy servant
also from presumptuous sins.'' --Ps. xix. 13.
{To keep company with}.
(a) To frequent the society of; to associate with; as,
let youth keep company with the wise and good.
(b) To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with
one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept
attentions from, with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
{To keep counsel}. See under {Counsel}, n.
{To keep down}.
(a) To hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder.
(b) (Fine Arts) To subdue in tint or tone, as a portion
of a picture, so that the spectator's attention may
not be diverted from the more important parts of the
work.
{To keep good hours} or {To keep bad hours}, to be
customarily early (or late) in returning home or in
retiring to rest.
{To keep house}.
(a) To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with
one's family, as distinguished from {boarding}; to
manage domestic affairs.
(b) (Eng. Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's
house in order to evade the demands of creditors.
{To keep one's hand in}, to keep in practice.
{To keep open house}, to be hospitable.
{To keep the peace} (Law), to avoid or to prevent a breach of
the peace.
{To keep school}, to govern, manage and instruct or teach a
school, as a preceptor.
{To keep a stiff upper lip}, to keep up one's courage.
[Slang]
{To keep term}.
(a) (Eng. Universities) To reside during a term.
(b) (Inns of Court) To eat a sufficient number of dinners
in hall to make the term count for the purpose of
being called to the bar. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
{To keep touch}. See under {Touch}, n.
{To keep under}, to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.
{To keep up}.
(a) To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution;
as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's
credit.
(b) To maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing.
``In joy, that which keeps up the action is the
desire to continue it.'' --Locke.
Syn: To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain;
maintain; sustain; support; withhold. -- To {Keep}.
Usage: {Retain}, {Preserve}. Keep is the generic term, and is
often used where retain or preserve would too much
restrict the meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. Retain
denotes that we keep or hold things, as against
influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons
which might lead us to give them up; as, to retain
vivacity in old age; to retain counsel in a lawsuit;
to retain one's servant after a reverse of fortune.
Preserve denotes that we keep a thing against agencies
which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in
upon; as, to preserve one's health; to preserve
appearances.
pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep,
regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover,
OE. copnien to desire.]
1. To care; to desire. [Obs.]
I kepe not of armes for to yelp [boast]. --Chaucer.
2. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let
go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to
lose; to retain; to detain.
If we lose the field,
We can not keep the town. --Shak.
That I may know what keeps me here with you.
--Dryden.
If we would weigh and keep in our minds what we are
considering, that would instruct us. --Locke.
3. To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to
maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or
tenor.
His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton.
Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on.
--Addison.
Note: In this sense it is often used with prepositions and
adverbs, as to keep away, to keep down, to keep from,
to keep in, out, or off, etc. ``To keep off
impertinence and solicitation from his superior.''
--Addison.
4. To have in custody; to have in some place for
preservation; to take charge of.
The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was
always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. --Knolles.
5. To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.
Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee. --Gen.
xxviii. 15.
6. To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to
communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.
Great are thy virtues . . . though kept from man.
--Milton.
7. To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the
garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. --Gen.
ii. 15.
In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
--Carew.
8. To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to
keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts,
records, etc. ) in a book.
9. To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the
like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.
Like a pedant that keeps a school. --Shak.
Every one of them kept house by himself. --Hayward.
10. To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to
keep boarders.
11. To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an
assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.
I keep but three men and a boy. --Shak.
12. To have habitually in stock for sale.
13. To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to
intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to
keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.
Both day and night did we keep company. --Shak.
Within this portal as I kept my watch. --Smollett.
14. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from
or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to
neglect; to be faithful to.
I have kept the faith. --2 Tim. iv.
7.
Him whom to love is to obey, and keep
His great command. --Milton.
15. To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as,
to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to haunt; to
frequent. --Shak.
'Tis hallowed ground;
Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep. --J.
Fletcher.
16. To observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to
solemnize; as, to keep a feast.
I went with them to the house of God . . . with a
multitude that kept holyday. --Ps. xlii. 4.
{To keep at arm's length}. See under {Arm}, n.
{To keep back}.
(a) To reserve; to withhold. ``I will keep nothing back
from you.'' --Jer. xlii. 4.
(b) To restrain; to hold back. ``Keep back thy servant
also from presumptuous sins.'' --Ps. xix. 13.
{To keep company with}.
(a) To frequent the society of; to associate with; as,
let youth keep company with the wise and good.
(b) To accompany; to go with; as, to keep company with
one on a voyage; also, to pay court to, or accept
attentions from, with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
{To keep counsel}. See under {Counsel}, n.
{To keep down}.
(a) To hold in subjection; to restrain; to hinder.
(b) (Fine Arts) To subdue in tint or tone, as a portion
of a picture, so that the spectator's attention may
not be diverted from the more important parts of the
work.
{To keep good hours} or {To keep bad hours}, to be
customarily early (or late) in returning home or in
retiring to rest.
{To keep house}.
(a) To occupy a separate house or establishment, as with
one's family, as distinguished from {boarding}; to
manage domestic affairs.
(b) (Eng. Bankrupt Law) To seclude one's self in one's
house in order to evade the demands of creditors.
{To keep one's hand in}, to keep in practice.
{To keep open house}, to be hospitable.
{To keep the peace} (Law), to avoid or to prevent a breach of
the peace.
{To keep school}, to govern, manage and instruct or teach a
school, as a preceptor.
{To keep a stiff upper lip}, to keep up one's courage.
[Slang]
{To keep term}.
(a) (Eng. Universities) To reside during a term.
(b) (Inns of Court) To eat a sufficient number of dinners
in hall to make the term count for the purpose of
being called to the bar. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
{To keep touch}. See under {Touch}, n.
{To keep under}, to hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.
{To keep up}.
(a) To maintain; to prevent from falling or diminution;
as, to keep up the price of goods; to keep up one's
credit.
(b) To maintain; to continue; to prevent from ceasing.
``In joy, that which keeps up the action is the
desire to continue it.'' --Locke.
Syn: To retain; detain; reserve; preserve; hold; restrain;
maintain; sustain; support; withhold. -- To {Keep}.
Usage: {Retain}, {Preserve}. Keep is the generic term, and is
often used where retain or preserve would too much
restrict the meaning; as, to keep silence, etc. Retain
denotes that we keep or hold things, as against
influences which might deprive us of them, or reasons
which might lead us to give them up; as, to retain
vivacity in old age; to retain counsel in a lawsuit;
to retain one's servant after a reverse of fortune.
Preserve denotes that we keep a thing against agencies
which might lead to its being destroyed or broken in
upon; as, to preserve one's health; to preserve
appearances.
kept \kept\ (k[e^]pt),
imp. & p. p. of {Keep}.
{Kept woman}, {Kept mistress}, a concubine; a woman supported
by a man as his paramour.
imp. & p. p. of {Keep}.
{Kept woman}, {Kept mistress}, a concubine; a woman supported
by a man as his paramour.
- Rogers began his career in the 1960s performing as a back-up guitarist and later toured as a folk singer. "Through the early and mid '70s, I kept expanding the introductions to my songs," he said.
- In March, the Consumer Product Safety Commission rejected a ban on lawn darts, but Snow kept plugging, backed by his wife, Linda.
- He started to make products to deal with the hair conditions that kept turning up in his salon.
- Durban and Oudtshoorn police kept a low profile, in accordance with the government's 10-day-old policy of permitting some political protests.
- The judge ruled that only documents concerning trade secrets can be kept under seal.
- He vowed to his mother that he would sing at a Spanish song festival, and Iglesias kept his vow in 1968.
- But it kept falling.
- Police have kept a 24-hour watch at Olujare's bedside and a patrolman was in the operating room during the surgery, Hickey said.
- Bonn fringe benefits are already kept under relatively tight control.
- In accordance with what might be termed Vorsprung Murk Technik, the Germans are customarily kept in the dark about road accidents in their country.
- What has kept the Tamil insurgency alive more than anything else is India, home to 50 million of its own Tamils.
- He was kept handcuffed to another guard in a cell for the duration of the takeover.
- A few policemen kept their distance and made no attempt to disperse the demonstrators.
- He is strongly Christian, but believes religion and politics have to be kept apart. In spite of his 'Paddy' nickname, Sir Patrick fears his Irish background is overplayed.
- Also on Tuesday, the Long Island newspaper Newsday quoted intelligence sources as saying Nir kept in contact with U.S. intelligence officials until his death.
- One said the specifics of its monitoring program were a closely kept secret.
- Spam has been a staple in the PX ever since, cheering the U.S. troops that are still kept here.
- In the Dutch study, Dr. Goudsmit and his team kept track of neurological symptoms in 196 AIDS patients between 1982 and 1988.
- They often said the guerrillas were operating across the border and underground, and couldn't be kept track of.
- The $50 gadget, Game Genie, was kept off the market until this fall by legal challenges from Nintendo. Galoob expects to ship one million units into stores by Christmas.
- I have kept the faith." Caperton will appoint a temporary successor to Manchin, and voters in the 1990 general election will select someone to fill the remaining two years of Manchin's term, Secretary of State Ken Hechler said.
- Sell orders poured in and prices kept falling in the absence of buyers.
- On each side, across moats, two families of gorillas recently brought to the zoo kept a greater distance from onlookers but remained mostly in the open and not in their shelters.
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration had the technology for the food, but the deadlines, strict specifications and relatively small orders kept major manufacturers from taking on the project.
- If times were good, farmers kept their mouths shut, knowing that another drought or something bad was right around the corner.
- The dollar kept rising against the yen.
- The dividend is expected to be maintained. Another round of write-downs on property and the Channel Tunnel contract is thought to have kept BICC's pre-tax profit flat at about Pounds 80m last year.
- Ortega has kept that promise.
- They kept the butt in their office.
- As lifestyles and fashions changed over the years, Barbie's clothes and accessories kept pace.
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keramics
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keramzite
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