keep up ( keeping, kept, keeps )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you keep up with someone or something that is moving near you, you move at the same speed. 跟上

  例：

  He lengthened his stride to keep up with his father.

  他迈开大步跟上他父亲。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB To keep up with something that is changing means to be able to cope with the change, usually by changing at the same rate. 跟上 (变化)

  例：

  The union called the strike to press for wage increases which keep up with inflation.

  工会号召罢工，要求工资增长跟上通货膨胀。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you keep up with your work or with other people, you manage to do or understand all your work, or to do or understand it as well as other people. 跟上 (工作进度等)

  例：

  Penny tended to work through her lunch hour in an effort to keep up with her work.

  为了努力跟上工作进度，彭妮往往午饭时间也在工作。

• 4. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you keep up with what is happening, you make sure that you know about it. 了解

  例：

  She did not bother to keep up with the news.

  她不愿操心去了解新闻。

• 5. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you keep something up, you continue to do it or provide it. 使继续下去

  例：

  I was so hungry all the time that I could not keep the diet up for longer than a month.

  我总是饿，所以我的节食一个月后就继续不下去了。

• 6. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you keep something up, you prevent it from growing less in amount, level, or degree. 使不下降

  例：

  The riders had to keep their pace up.

  骑手们必须保持速度不减。

• 7. 

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