| 单词 | to keep at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep at —— to keep at —— 1. To work persistently at; to continue to occupy oneself with. Also to keep at it: see at prep. 16b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > continue (an action) [verb (transitive)] i-haldOE to hold fortha1325 sustainc1325 containc1330 continuea1340 maintainc1385 carrya1393 keepc1425 to keep upa1535 to stick by ——1551 to hold on1568 to hold out1595 to carry on1609 subsist1633 to keep at ——1825 1825 New Monthly Mag. 16 490 He should have kept at the law, he would have done for that. 1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 i. 130 By keeping at it all day he is able to get over nearly 2 acres. 1890 Pictorial World 9 Oct. 445/3 Who could keep at work on a morning like this? 1891 St. Nicholas Mag. 261 Still they keep at it, early and late. 2. Hence humorous nonce-compounds. ΚΠ 1882 J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck Three in Norway v. 38 In a nice keep-at-it-all-day-if-you-like kind of manner. 1895 Proc. 14th Convent. Amer. Instructors of Deaf p. lxix In school, and out of school,..at work or play; in short, by everlasting keep-at-it-iveness. < as lemmas |
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