先来几句台词热热身：
My mind is my weapon. My brother has hissword, King Roberthas his warhammer, anisGsQd I have my mind...And a mind needs books as a sword needsa whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
吾思即吾剑。我的兄弟有他的长剑、国王罗伯特有他的战锤，而我有的是脑子……头脑要阅读才能保持清醒，就像剑要磨才锋利一样。
——TyrionLannister
keep its edge：保持锋利（即：保持优势）
We need to keep a low profile.
我们要保持低调。——《绝望的主妇》
keep a low profile：保持低调姿态
Always keep your foes confused. Ifthey are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what youare like to do next. - Petyr Baelish
永远迷惑你的对手，如果他们弄不清你是谁，你想要什么，他们就没法知道你的下一步。——Little Finger（Petyr Baelish）
keep your foes confused：这种结构中，keep +名词+形容词，“使……保持……”。又如：
Keepyour friends close, but your enemiescloser.
亲近你的朋友，但更要亲近你的敌人。——《教父2》
Keep your friends close：让你的朋友始终在身边——即始终接近朋友。
Jessica: 原由网They're Dr. and Mrs. Cullen's foster kids. They moveddown here from Alaska,like, a few years ago.
他们是Cullen医生夫妇的养子们。几年前，他们从阿拉斯加州搬来。
Angela: They kind of keep to themselves.
他们一向独来独往。
Angela: Jess, they're not actually related.
Jess，他们又没血缘关系。
keep to themselves：不和他人打交道、独来独往，性格孤僻
Jessica: You guys should keep Bella company. Her date bailed.
你们要和Bella做伴。她约的人没来。——《暮光之城》
keep Bella company：陪伴某人
今天我们也进入“第七季”：keep
1.keep an eye on 看好；照顾
2.keep at 持续；使（某人）继续做
3.keep (…) from (doing) 不让（某人）做（某事）；不要做（某事）
4.keep (one's) head 保持镇静
5.keep off 隔开
6.keep on 继续
7.keep quiet 保持安静；保守秘密
8.keep to (oneself) 远离别人；守密
9.keep up (with) 持续；跟上；收拾
10.keep (one's) word 遵守诺言
LESSON 170 keep an eye on 看好；照顾
NO01 Please keep an eye on my bag.
请你帮我看一下包包。
NO02 Danielkept an eye on the kids while we went into the store.
丹尼尔在我们去店里买东西的时候，帮我们照顾小孩。
keep an eye on 在上面的例句中是作“照看”的意思，通常是指一直持续关照某人，或是某样东西。
keep an eye on 也可以用来指“警告，吓阻”。例如，有个小男生常常去商店里偷糖果，被老板抓到不只一次，第五次被抓到的时候，老板揪着小男生的衣领，恶狠狠地说：“你给我小心一点，从现在起，我会特别注意你”，老板的威胁英文就是be careful, I'll keep an eye on you from now on。
我们也可以说be careful, I'll keep my eye on you。
表威胁的用语除了keep an eye on you 外，还可以用watch。例如，在电影《门当父不对》（Meet the Parents）中，男主角本史蒂勒（Ben Stiller）的准岳父罗伯特德尼若（Robert De Niro）因故对他非常不满，因此对他撂了下面的狠话：
●I will be watching you.
我会好好地看着你。
LESSON 171 keep at 持续；使（某人）继续做
NO01 Keep at your studies; good grades areimportant.
你要继续学习，成绩好很重要。
NO02 Our boss told us to keep at it, however hardit gets.
我们的老板告诉我们不管有多难，都要继续努力。
NO03 Kimkept at the repair man until he finally fixed the problem.
金逼着维修人员继续工作，到他终于解决问题为止。
NO04 Dougkept at his students until they learned the poem.
道格逼着他的学生把这首诗学会为止。
keep at 可用于指“自己持续努力”，也可用来指“敦促别人继续做到……为止”，与keep on 意思相近。
当我们鼓励别人继续坚持下去的时候，也可以说keep at it，就是希望他“百折不挠，继续努力”的意思。
LESSON 172 keep (…) from (doing) 不让（某人）做（某事）；不要做（某事）
NO01 We tried to keep the news from him.
我们试着不让他知道这消息。
NO02 Kathykept the dog from going outside.
凯西不让狗跑出去。
NO03 Try to keep from laughing when you hear thestory.
你听到这个故事的时候，忍着不要笑。
NO04 Sherrycouldn't keep from crying when she heard the terrible news.
雪莉听到这个坏消息的时候，忍不住哭了出来。
与keep from//www.58yuanyou.com 相近的短语keep away from 是“避开”的意思，from 后面加“所要避开的人、事、物”。例如“他们避开鬼屋”英文是they keep away from the haunted house。“不要靠近厨房”，英文就是keep away from the kitchen。二女相争一个风流倜傥的男子，双方互相叫嚣：“离我男朋友远一点”英文会说keep away from my boyfriend！
LESSON 173 keep (one's) head 保持镇静
NO01 Marty tried to keep his head during the fire.
马蒂在火场中试图保持镇静。
NO02 Don't panic; keep your head.
不要惊慌，保持冷静。
keep (one's) head 字面意思是“保持（某人的头）”，其实中文里也有个相似的用法，中文里我们说某人像是“无头苍蝇”，就是指他无法静下心来，没有方向地盲目乱闯，换言之，keep (one's) head 是不是就指能保持冷静以面对问题了呢？
下面还有几个意思相近的短语，可以一起学起来！
●keep cool
●keep calm
●don't lose (one's) head
●hold it together
●keep it together
LESSON 174 keep off 隔开
NO01 We need a fence to keep the dogs off thegrass.
我们需要个围篱，不让狗践踏草坪。
NO02 Try to keep the paint off your clothes.
不要让你的衣服沾到油漆。
keep off 带有“把东西隔开”的意思，所以keep off 虽然有很多意思，但是只要掌握其核心意义，其实很容易就可以记起来了！
比如说，keep off 可用在“忌吃（某种食物或是饮料）”，例如，“吉姆永远都在减肥，所以不吃冰淇淋”，这句话英文是Jim is permanently on a diet, so he has to keepoff ice cream。“除非是特殊的场合，不然他不喝酒”，就可以说he keeps off alcohol except for specialoccasions。
LESSON 175 keep on 继续
NO01 The students kept on working all week.
学生们整个星期都很用功。
NO02 Keep on singing; you sound great.
继续唱，你唱得很棒。
keep on 意思是指“继续本来在做的事情”或“一而再地做同样的事”，与keep at 和keep up 意思相近！
LESSON 176 keep quiet 保持安静；保守秘密
NO01 Bendid everything he could to keep the kids quiet.
本用尽一切方法让孩子们保持安静。
NO02原由网 Please keep quiet; we are trying to work inhere!
请你们安静点，我们还想在这里工作！
NO03 We're throwing a surprise birthday party for Alexis; keep it quiet.
我们要帮亚历克亚斯办一个生日派对，不要张扬出去。
NO04 Once the reporter found out about theproblem, the government could not keep it quiet.
一旦被记者发现了这个问题，政府就无法再装聋作哑。
keep quite 从字面上看就可以了解意思。作“保持安静”用时，也可以用keep the noise down 表示。作“保守秘密”解时，与keep (something) to (oneself) 意思相近。
LESSON 177 keep to (oneself) 远离别人；守密
NO01 Miakept to herself during the party.
米雅在派对上都不跟别人说话。
NO02 Keep to yourself during class if the otherkids are fooling around.
课堂上如果别的小朋友起哄玩闹的话，你要乖乖坐好。
NO03 I heard that Kellyis getting married. Keep it to yourself; don't tell anyone.
我听说凯莉要结婚了，你知道就好，不要告诉别人。
NO04 Larrykept the news to himself, even though everyone was asking about it.
尽管大家都在问这件事，拉里仍旧守口如瓶。
keep to (oneself) 意思就是stay away from others，例如上面的第一个和第二个例句。
keep (something) to(oneself)，就是“保守秘密”的意思（如上述第三和第四句例句）。
除了上面的用法之外，keep to还有其他用法，介绍如下：
●keep to + (somewhere) 留在（某处）
He's kept to his room for a week.
他已经把自己关在房里一个礼拜了。
●keep to (something) 局限
Let's just keep to the point.
我们就针对这一点谈吧。
LESSON 178 keep up (with) 持续；跟上；收拾
NO01 They kept the noise up all night.
他们吵了一整晚。
NO02 Keep up the good work!
继续加油！
NO03 Davecouldn't keep up with the other students in the new school.
戴夫跟不上新学校里的其他学生。
NO04 I had to run to keep up with them.
我得跑步才跟得上他们。
NO05 Jeffworked hard to keep the apartment up, but he kept it up well.
杰夫很努力地收拾住的公寓，不过他收拾得很干净。
NO06 How do you keep up this big mansion?
你是怎么把这幢大别墅收拾得这么干净？
keep up 作“跟上”解释时，记得后面要加with，再接跟上的人或事。
除了上面的用法外，还有一个很有趣的短语keep up with the Joneses ，是指“和邻居比较”。
这个短语出自于二十世纪初在报上连载的四格漫画，Keep up with the Joneses。
故事是叙述迈金尼一家人（the McGinis）搬到高级住宅区之后，不断地和他们的邻居琼斯家（theJoneses）比阔。只要琼斯家买了什么新东西，或是请了新佣人，迈金尼家就会努力跟进。
这个漫画在报纸上连载之后，大受读者欢迎，连载了二十八年之后才结束。从此以后，keep up with the Joneses 就是指“和邻居比较；和左邻右舍比排场比阔气”。且看下列例句：
●Edward is always trying to keep up withthe Joneses.
爱德华老是不断地和邻居比较。
LESSON 179 keep (one's) word 遵守诺言
NO01 I said I would help you and I will keep myword.
我说过我会帮你，就会遵守诺言。
NO02 Peterkept his word and gave Harry the moneyhe promised.
彼特遵守诺言，给了哈里他答应要给的钱。
keep (one's) word 从字面上看应该就可以知道，这个短语的意思isGsQ是“遵守诺言”。
那如果说话不算数，英文要怎么说呢？答案就是break (one's) word。
另外，keep (one's) promise 也是“遵守诺言”的意思，我们可以一起想想看这个短语的相反意思要怎么表达呢？
没错，就是break (one's) promise！
