四级中常见的动词

四级中常见的动词—keep及其用法

一keep

anized can ___ to social and economic progress but

also put pressure on cities to provide housing and services.

译：都市化有助于社会和经济的进步，过快的都市化也给城市带来了巨大压力。

解：本题考查动词语义搭配：lead to 表示“导致”;keep to表示“

坚持，遵守”；turn to表示“转向，求助于”；refer to表示“涉及，指的是”根据语义选“lead to”。

——2010年12月四级—73题

2. Production has to be increased considerably to ________________ (与消费者不断增长的需求保持同步). 译：只有大幅提高产量才能与消费者

不断增长的需求保持同步。

解：keep pace with the constantly

increasing demands of consumers或keep up with the constantly growing needs of consumers。

【要点解析】①固定搭配“与……保持同步”，可以翻译为keep pace with 或keep up with。

②“不断增长的”，可以翻译为increasing，growing或

rising。

③“需求”可翻译为demands或needs。

④“消费者”翻译为consumer。

——2009年12月四级—90题

3.Soon after he transferred to the new school ,Ali found

that he had________________(很难跟上同班同学）in math and English. 解：differently、problem（in）keeping /catching with his classmates.

【要点解析】①动词“跟上”可以用“keep up with 或catch up with”

②have

differently/trouble (in) doing sth.

——2009年6月四级—87题

总结一下有关“keep”的用法及其构成的短语。

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：

及物动词vt.

1.(长期或永久)持有,保有

I kept it all the time to remind me of you.

我一直保存着它,以此唤起我对你的记忆。

2.(一时)拥有;保管

Please keep the watch for me while I

go swimming.

我去游泳,请代我保管这表。

3.存放,保留,保存

We keep food in a refrigerator.

我们把食物存放在冰箱里。

4.使...保持在(某一状态)[O][O4][O7][O8][O9]

Those toys kept the children amused. 那些玩具使孩子们玩得很开心。She kept the child quiet.

她让孩子别作声。

5.整理,料理

Mother keeps the house.

母亲料理家务。

6.履行;遵守;保守

Everyone must keep the law.

每个人都必须守法。

7.阻止,妨碍;控制住[(+from)] Robbie couldn't keep the child from yelling.

罗比没法使孩子不大叫大嚷。

8.记(日记、帐等)

Mary keeps a diary.

玛丽天天记日记。

9.抚养;饲养

He needs more money to keep his wife and children.

他需要更多的钱来抚养妻子儿女。10.雇用

She keeps a maid.

她雇一个女佣人。

11.经营,开设(商店等)

They kept a small hotel in the town.

他们在城里开了一家小旅店。

12.守卫;看守[(+from)]

He has kept goal for our team.

他一直是我们队的守门员。

13.庆祝;守(宗教节日等)

They keep Christmas as well as Spring Festival in their house.

他们家既过春节,也过圣诞节。

不及物动词vi.

1.保持着某一状态

Please keep quiet.

请保持安静。

2.(食物)保持不坏

Will this food keep in hot weather?

这种食品在热天能经久不坏吗?

3.继续不断[+v-ing]

The child kept asking me questions.

这孩子老是问我问题。

4.搁,拖

Sorry to disturb you, but this problem won't keep.

对不起,打扰你了,可是这个问题急待处理。

5.【口】居住,逗留

Just where she kept in Boston is unknown to history.

她在波士顿到底住在什么地方,历史上无人知晓。

名词n.

1.生活费,生计[U]

2.【史】要塞;堡垒中最强固的部分[C]