a)CONTINUE/NOT STOPto continue doing something, or to do something many times 继续;反复做
keep on doing something
You just have to keep on trying.
你只得继续努力。
b)keep somebody ↔ onKEEP/CONTINUE TO HAVE to continue to employ someone, especially for longer than you had planned 继续雇用某人,留用某人〔尤指比原定时间长〕
If you’re good, they might keep you on after Christmas.
你如果表现不错,圣诞节后他们或许还会接着用你。
c)British EnglishBrE informalTALK TO somebody to talk continuously about something or repeat something many times, in a way that is annoying 唠叨,纠缠不休SYN go on
about
There’s no need to keep on and on about it!
没必要对这件事纠缠不休!
at
If I didn’t keep on at the children, they’d never do their homework.
keep on doing something• Considering the price fetched by presidential autographs, this gift could keep on giving.• He kept on telling himself how short the distance.• I kept on at the council, but it wasn't easy to get a council flat in those days.• In the world of aviation, aircraft are not kept on by airline or airfreight operators out of sentiment.• It was less than satisfying; and yet as his due date neared he kept on, sometimes all night.• The treadmill is the hardest, but I keep on.• Well, something like the churning of the Nile River, which keeps on recreating the fertile farmlands at her delta.
keep at• It's just a matter of keeping on at her.• He had a badleg and they kept on at him to hurry up.• Please don't keep on at me.• I kept on at the council, but it wasn't easy to get a council flat in those days.• Only 125 staff will be kept on at the Junction making washingmachines.• If I didn't keep on at them, homework would never get done. 6.