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2023/12/21

老闆說It will keep,不是要你幫他保留什麼東西(六)


還有幾個keep的道地用法:

★ Have a piece of fruit to keep you going.
吃一點水果,不要太餓。

↑在句子裡,keep的意思是「(在等待吃飯時)使…不至於太餓」。

★ He's old enough now to earn his keep and stop living off his parents.
他現已長大成人,可以自謀生計而不再依靠父母。

↑keep也可以當名詞,在這句中的意思是「生計、生活費用」