| 释义 |
keep someone backNorth American Make a pupil repeat a year at school because of poor marks: she had been kept back a year...- His sister, also a sophomore (because she had been kept back in grade school), has a 3.6 GPA and is a leader in her Bible-studies group.
- Authority's remedy, if you spent too much time out of the stream in one year, was to keep you back a class.
- I have had many students who have been kept back a year, and they have had great success.
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