keep up
KEEP UP
I: v.t.: 1. a împiedica să cadă; a susţine. She kept him up in the last moment. It was only a small tree that kept up the car on the margin of the precipice. 2. a ţine (în) sus; a ţine ridicat. "If I could keep my head up I had to blow ashore, but I admit the half-Wellington rubber boots I wore got pretty heavy." (J. Steinbeck, Travels with Charley) 3. a întreţine, a îngriji, a menţine (în stare bună) "Even when he was out at elbows and at his wits' end for money he kept up a bold face." (J. Joyce, Dubliners) 4. a conserva, a păstra, a menţine; a continua (o tradiţie, etc.) "Colonel Hartep kept up the appearance of justice from a genuine kindliness." (G. Greene, Stamboul Train) "He and Gilbert kept up some sort of chatter." (I. Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea) 5. a susţine (un rol, etc.); a interpreta. "..., he kept up a deep hum of melody for miles of the road." (J. Joyce, Dubliners) 6. a ţine treaz, a împiedica să doarmă. A strange noise from upstairs kept him up all the night. ‘You didn't sleep last night. What kept you up?' II: v.i.: 1. a nu se lăsa descurajat; a face faţă. The work was hard but he went on telling everybody to keep up. "I sat looking at the strange reading book, following the lessons. The subjects seemed simple and I felt that I could keep up." (R. Wright, Black Boy) 2. (d. vreme) a se menţine, a rămâne. Although it was mid December, the weather kept up calm and beautiful. All their trip the weather kept up rainy and cold. 3. (d. preţuri) a rămâne ridicat, a se menţine ridicat. As the paces kept up month after month last year, he could not afford to buy a new suit for himself. 4. (d. persoane) a veghea, a rămâne treaz, a nu se culca. Mary was very ill and her mother kept up all the night looking after her.
keep up
['ki:p ap] a) mbaj lart, mbaj gjallë (kurajën, shpresat); b) lë pa gjumë; the noise kept me up all night zhurma më la pa gjumë gjithë natën; c) ruaj, vazhdoj (traditën, letërkëmbimin); d) ushtroj, mbaj gjallë (një gjuhë të huaj); keep up the good work! ashtu, të lumtë! keep it up! vazhdo kështu! he'll never keep it up nuk ka për t'ia dalë mbanë; e) mbaj, mirëmbaj (pronën); f) nuk mbetem prapa; keep up with the times eci me hapin e kohës; keep up with the Joneses gj.fol. nuk mbetem prapa fqinjëve
keep up
müdafiə eləmək;
keep up
(TOEFL)
1. ดำรงไว้, ไม่หยุด (to maintain) : The children kept up the racket all day without once slacking off.= พวกเด็ก ๆ เอะอะตลอดวันโดยไม่หยุดหย่อน ; If you don't keep your car up, it will depreciate quickly.= ถ้าคุณไม่ระวังรักษารถยนต์ของคุณ มันจะเสื่อมราคาลงอย่างรวดเร็ว
2. ดำเนินต่อไป (to continue) Please keep up the good work! You are a source of pride to our company. โปรดทำงานให้ดีต่อไป! บริษัทเราภูมิใจในตัวคุณมาก
3. บำรุง, ติดต่ออยู่เสมอ : The car should be kept up.= รถนั้นจะต้องคอยหมั่นดูแลบำรุงเสมอ