美 [tu kiːp]
保持；保存
Eleanor began to keep a diary.
埃莉诺开始记日记了。
We huddled together to keep warm.
我们挤在一起来保暖。
She forced herself to keep going.
她强迫自己坚持下去。
The legislature would have the power to keep the territory open to slavery and,in time,help it become a slave state.
VOA : special.2009.04.30
So there's all sorts of things that we have to obviously monitor, to keep track of that can influence our industry.
所以我们要观察的,显然有很多，才能跟得上信息技术行业的发展。
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Well, not everybody, but everybody can use to keep emails safe, just like sort of a really easy thing to do.
嗯，不一定是所有人，但是每个人都可以轻而易举地用这种密码来保证自己邮箱的安全，
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Her aim in writing is to keep each song as clear and simple as possible while also telling a story.
VOA : special.2009.07.10
But Helen wanted to keep trying. She said, "I think it will make my mind stronger to do it now."
VOA : special.2009.11.08
Both were keen, he said, to keep out the anarchists who might cause trouble.
"I'm sure everyone at Swansea would definitely want to keep him, " said the 19-year-old Allen.
The goal is to keep privileged and secret what it does and how it operates.