keep

vt.
1. guard守卫。
△Ham. 4. 5. 115(116): “I thank you,keep the door.”谢谢你们，守住这个门。
△2H.VI.3.1.136: “I do arrest you in his Highness' name,/ Andhere commit you to my Lord Cardinal / To keep，”我以陛下的名义逮捕你，并且现在就把你交给红衣主教大人看管。
△2H.VI.3.2.183:“And you,forsooth,had the goodDuke to keep:”i.e. had the good Duke in your custo-dy. 而你，对于这位好公爵确确实实负有看守之责。
2. protect保护。
△2H.IV.3.2.311(288): “God keepyou,Master Silence,I will not use many words withyou. ”上帝保佑你，赛伦斯先生，我不想跟你多说了。
△2H.IV.4.4.94. “From enemies heavens keep your Majesty，”愿上天保佑陛下不受敌人伤害。
△H.V.5.1.70 (66): “Godbuy you(i.e.God be with you),and keep you,andheal your pate ”愿上帝与你同在，保佑你，治好你的脑袋。
△3H.VI.5.2.14: “Whose top-branch overpeeredJove's spreading tree,/ And kept low shrubs fromwinter's powerful wind.” 它那最高枝曾经俯视着亭亭如盖的周甫巨树，并且保护着下面的树丛不受冬天暴风的侵袭。
3. watch over,tend,have the care of看守，照料，照顾。
△1H.VI.5.4.30:“Or else,when thou didst keep mylambs a-field,/ I wish some ravenous wolf had eaten thee!”再不然，你在野外为我放羊时，我希望有一只饿狼把你吃掉！ (按：贞德不认亲父和其父对她的恶骂，均非事实。读者应参照关于贞德的正式传记。)
4. hold,maintain,occupy,remain in控制，保持，占据，呆在…
△H.V.4.6.1:“Well have we done,thrice-val-iant countrymen,/ But all's not done; yet keep theFrench the field.”我们打得很好，非常勇敢的同胞们，但是仗还没有打完；法国人还呆在战场上。
5. occupy占有。
△2H.VI.1.3.18(16):“Mine is,an'tplease your Grace,against John Goodman,my LordCardinal's man,for keeping my house,and lands,andwife and all,from me.”殿下容禀，我的状子是告红衣主教大人的随从约翰·古德曼的，因为他霸占了我的房子、土地、老婆和一切。
6. live in,dwell in居住。
△Rom. 3. 2. 74:“Did everdragon keep so fair a cave?”哪一条恶龙居住过这样美好的洞府？
△L.L.L.4.3.324(321): “Other slow arts entirely keep the brain，”其他沉闷的学术都完全居住在头脑里。
7. stay inside,remain in停留在…里面，留在…内。
△Lr.3.2.43:“The wrathful skies / Gallow the very wan-derers of the dark,/ And make them keep their ca-ves.”狂怒的天空把喜欢夜游的野兽也吓坏了，使它们躲在洞里不敢出来。
8. keep safely within,rest within躲在…里面，守在…里面。
△1H.VI.3.2.69:“Like peasant footboys do theykeep the walls,/ And dare not take up arms like gen-tlemen.”他们就像那些乡下来的侍童躲在城墙里面，不敢像上等人那样拿起武器战斗。
9. stay with,be with 与…留在一起，与…在一起。
△ R.III.5.3.29:“The Earl of Pembroke keeps his regiment.”潘布鲁克伯爵与他的团队留在一起。
10. detain耽搁。
△ 2H.VI.3.1.2:“’Tis not his wont tobe the hindmost man,/ Whate’er occasion keeps himfrom us now.”不管现在有什么原因把他耽搁住了，按照他的习惯他也不会迟到。
11. hold,retain,have,not to part with拥有，保持，具有，与…不分开。
△3H.VI.2.2.51: “For all the rest isheld at such a rate / As brings a thousandfold morecare to keep / Than in possession any jot of pleasure.”因为其他的一切，要保持就得付出极大的代价，为了享有那一点点快乐会带来 一千倍的烦恼。
△R.III.1.2.231 (229): “I’llhave her,but I will not keep her long.”我要占有她，但我可不愿长久保留她。
12. manage管理。
△Oth.5.2.364 (365):“Gratiano,keep the house，”葛莱西安诺，你保管这个屋子。
13. make,cause to be使，促使成为。
△H.V.4.7.122(116):“God keep me so!”愿上帝使我一直如此！
14. preside over主持。
△Oth.3.3.140: “Keep leetsand law-days and in sessions sit”，主持法庭审案。
15. hold举行。
△R.III.3.2.12:“Besides,he says thereare two Councils kept，”此外，他还说现在要举行两个国务会议。
16. perform,make进行，作出。
△1H.IV.5.4. 65:“Twostars keep not their motion in one sphere，”两颗星球不能同在一条轨道中运行。
17. keep up,carry on,continue to make,keep on 坚持，一直进行，继续发出（声音），不停。
△Tw.2.3.79 (72):“What a caterwauling do you keep here!”你们在这儿猫儿叫春似的一直闹什么呀！
△Com.3.1.61: “Who is thatat the door that keeps all this noise?”谁在门口 一直吵闹不休？
△1H.IV.2.2. 6: “What a brawling dost thoukeep?”你只管大吵大嚷干什么？
18. withhold,prevent制止，阻止。
△3H.VI.3.2.141:“And so I chide the means that keep me from it，”我也斥责那些阻止我得到它的障碍物。
△3H.VI.5.6.84:“Clar-ence,beware! Thou keep’st me from the light，”克拉仑斯，你要小心！ 你阻挡住我的光明。
△H.VIII.2.1.142:“Good angels keep it from us!”善良的天使保佑我们不受它的祸害吧！
19. ❶remain in留在…
❷guard守卫。
△ 3H.VI.1.1.207:“And I’ll keep London with my soldiers.”我要跟我的兵士们留在伦敦；（又译）我要跟我的兵士们守卫伦敦。
～ vb. refl. restrain oneself,behave properly克制自己，使自己举止得当。
△ Gent.4.4.11 (9): “O，’tis a foulthing when a cur cannot keep himself in all compa-nies!”啊，一条狗在大庭广众面前一点不懂规矩，那可真糟糕！
～vi.
1. live生活。
△Gent.5.4.152:“These banished men,that I have kept withal (=lived with)，”和我在一起生活过的这些被放逐的人。
△Mer.3.3.19:“kept with men”，与人们一起生存；生存在人世上。
2. dwell,reside,lodge住，居住。
△Ham.2.1.7:“Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris,/ And how,and who,what means,and where they keep,/ Whatcompany,at what expense；” i.e. Get to know whatDanes are in Paris,and how they live,with whomthey associate,what their fortune is,where theylodge,what company they frequent,and at whatcost.你先给我打听在巴黎有些什么丹麦人，他们干些什么，跟哪些人来往，有多少钱，住在什么地方，跟哪些人做伴，开销多大
△L.L.L.4.1.101 (98):“This Armado is a Spaniardthat keeps here in court，”这亚马多是住在宫里的一个西班牙人。
△Ado.5.2.10:“keep below stairs”，i.e. live inthe servants’quarters,remain a servant,never rise tothe status of mistress. 住在楼梯下面（仆人住室）; 一直做仆人，做不成女主人。
△1H.IV.1.3.244: “’Twas where themadcap duke his uncle kept，”他那个荒唐的叔父就住在那里。
3. dwell or live (for one’s defence)据守。
△1H.VI.3.1. 47: “Yes,as an outlaw in a castle keeps,/ And useth it to patronage his theft.”是的，就像强盗占据一座城堡，并利用它来保护自己的赃物。
4. remain,stay留下，停留。
△ Mac.3.2.8:“How now, my lord,why do you keep alone，” i. e. remain alone, keep to yourself. 怎么了，我的夫君，你为什么一个人待着。
△Mac.5.4.9 (8):“the confident tyrant / Keeps still in Dunsinane.”那个自信的暴君还停留在邓西嫩。
△2H.VI.3.1.335: “Let pale-faced fear keep with the meanborn man,/ And find no harbour in a royal heart.”让脸色苍白的恐惧去跟出身卑贱的人留在一起吧，它在一颗皇家贵胄的心里是找不到容身之处的。
△3H.VI.4.3.14: “While he himself keeps in the cold field?” 而他自己却留在这寒冷的荒野上。
5. associate交往。
△Lr.3.4.180 (176): “I will keep still with my philosopher.”我还是要跟我这位科学家来往
Phrases & Expressions:
keep aloof: hold aloof避开。
△Ham.3.1.8: “But with a crafty madness keeps aloof”，总是假作疯癫回避过去。
keep back: hold back,detain抑制，留住。
△1H.VI.5.2.4: “Then march to Paris,royal Charles of France,/ And keep not back your powers in dalliance.”那么，法兰西王室的查理，向巴黎进军吧，不要无所事事地按兵不动。
keep fair quarter with: be on good terms with,be true to对…保持良好关系，忠实于…
△ Com.2.1.108:“So he would keep fair quarter with his bed!”只要他对自己的婚床保持忠实态度。
keep in: ❶prevent from escaping,detain挡住（不让逃掉），留住。
△3H.VI.5.2.34: “If thou be there,sweetbrother,take my hand,/ And with thy lips (i.e. kiss)keep in my soul a while.” (It was believed that thesoul flew out of the body through the mouth at thetime of death.) 如果你在那里，亲爱的弟弟，就握着我的手，用你的嘴唇把我的灵魂挡住一会儿。
❷hold,retain,preserve容纳，保留，保存。
△1H.IV.5.4.102: “What,old ac-quaintance,could not all this flesh / Keep in a little life?”怎么，老朋友，这一大堆肉还不能保留一条小命吗？
❸donot utter不说出来。
△Tw. 1. 5. 209 (196):“I pray youkeep it in.”请你留着不必说了。
❹keep to oneself,holdsecret保守秘密。
△Tw.2. 1.14:“what I am willing tokeep in；”我所愿保守秘密的东西。
keep in clouds: keep in obscurity,keep hidden,keep aloof使处于朦胧之中，使隐藏起来，使孤零零的。
△Ham.4. 5.89: “Feeds on this wonder,keeps himself inclouds，”只顾满心惊疑，自己钻进了云里雾里。
keep off: hold off抵挡。
△Rom.3.3.53 (54): “I'llgive thee armour to keep off that word: / Adversity'ssweet milk,philosophy，”对这两个字(“放逐”)，我传给你一套防御的盔甲——苦难中的甘乳，即哲学。
keep peace: step between as a mediator,intervene（作为调解人而）介入，干预。
△Mac.1.5.47 (46): “norkeep peace between / The effect and it!”i.e.norcome between the purpose and its accomplishment，也不要横亘在我的决意执行之中。
keep place: be in agreement or accord一致，符合。
△Wiv.2.1.62:“adhere and keep place together”. 协调一致(指：言行一致)。
keep the stroke: go on striking不停敲打。
△R.III.4.2.113 (114):“Because that like a Jack thou keep'st thestroke / Betwixt thy begging and my meditation.”因为你就像时钟上的那个小人，在你的请求和我的沉思之间不断敲个不停。
keep time: (in music) keep up a regular beat （在音乐中）严守节拍。
△Tw.2.3.102 (93):“We did keep time.sir,in our catches. ”先生，我们的轮唱是严守节拍的。
keep together: dwell together,be closely associated居住在一起，密切结合。
△H.V.2.2.105: “Treason andmurder ever kept together，”叛逆和谋杀总是密切结合在一起的。
keep up: ❶ do not bring out,put away不要把…拿出来，收起。
△Oth.3.1.25 (23): “Prithee keep up thyquillets”请收起你的俏皮话吧。
❷sheathe 插…入鞘。
△Oth.1.2.59:“Keep up your bright swords,for thedew will rust them.” (Othello's scorn is that of the
professional fighter towards civilian brawlers.) 收起你们明晃晃的剑，它们沾了露水会生锈的。keep with: live with,converse with 与…生活在一起，与…交往。
△1H.IV.2.4.479(430):“Him keep with,therest banish. ”跟他不妨交往，把其余的人都赶走。
keep you warm: alluding to the old proverb.“He haswit enough to keep himself warm.”还知道自己取暖，（意即）并没有多少聪明。
△Shr.2.1. 260 (266): “Yes,keepyou warm.”不错，你还知道自己取暖。