- 保留，保存，留下：
May I keep the book?
我可以留下这本书吗?
- 保管，存放：
I'll keep it for a souvenir.
我要将它保存下来作为纪念。
Please keep my suitcase while I leave for a ticket.
我去买票时请替我保管一下手提箱。
- 保守(秘密等)：
to keep a secret
保守秘密
- 履行(诺言)，遵守(惯例、常规、饮食规定等)，维护：
to keep a promise
守约
to keep law
守法
Policemen keep order in the streets.
警察在街上维持秩序。
- 开设，管理，经营：
to keep a shop
经营商店
His mother came to keep house for them.
他的母亲来为他们料理家务。
- 照顾，养活，抚养：
She kept her sister's children for a week while she was ill.
在她姐姐生病的一周时间里她替姐姐照看孩子。
to keep a family
养家
- 庆祝，纪念；过(节、生日等)：
to keep one's birthday
庆祝生日
to keep Christmas
过圣诞节
- 经销，经售：
Do you keep postcards?
你们经销明信片吗?
- 喂养，饲养(牲畜)：
They keep cattle on their farm.
他们在农场上养牛。
- 记载，记录；记(账、日记等)：
to keep a diary
记日记
to keep books
记账
- 记住：
to keep something in mind
记住某事
- 雇用：
to keep servants
雇用仆人
- 防止，制止；预防，妨碍，耽搁：
What kept her from coming yesterday?
她昨天为什么没来?
You must keep the little boy from hurting himself.
你一定要提防那小男孩伤了自己。
- 拘留，扣留，监禁：
to keep somebody in prison
把某人关进监狱里
- 阻止离开，留住：
The children behaved badly and so the teacher kept them after school.
孩子们表现极差，所以放学后老师把他们留下来。
- 保卫，守卫，守护：
to keep a town against the enemy
保卫城市不被敌人占领
to keep goal
守(球)门
- 合着(节拍等)，跟上(节奏等):
to keep time
合节拍
- 使继续保持着(某种状态):
The employer kept them working all day.
那位雇主让他们整天干活。
Keep the fire burning.
让火一直烧着。
He kept his eyes shut and listened to the music.
他闭着眼睛，听着音乐。
- 与…交往：
to keep good friends
交好朋友
- 留在(某处)，保持在(床上等)不动：
to keep the house
足不出户
He was so ill that he kept his bed all day.
他病得很厉害，一整天都卧床不起。