keep有保持;保留;继续;贮藏;经营;遵守;供给等意思，那么你知道keep的过去式是什么吗?下面是小编为大家整理的keep的过去式和用法例句，供大家参考学习!

keep的各种时态：

过去分词: kept

过去式: kept

现在分词: keeping

keep的用法：

keep的用法1：keep的基本意思是“保留,保管,保存,留下,保持”,指使某人或某物继续保持某种状态。引申可作“管理,经营”“料理,照顾”“抚养,养活,饲养”“遵守,维护”“庆祝”“耽搁”“记”等解。

keep的用法2：keep可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语(不可接动词不定式作宾语),也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词for的宾语。keep用作不及物动词作“保存”解时,主动结构常含被动意义。

keep的用法3：keep还可接以形容词、副词、as短语、现在分词(短语)、过去分词(短语)等充当宾语补足语的复合宾语,但不可接含动词不定式的复合宾语。

keep的用法4：keep作“保持,继续”解时还可用作系动词,后跟表语,该表语可由形容词、副词、名词、动名词或介词短语等充当，此用法keep有时可用于进行体。

keep的用法5：keep后接介词from,再接名词或动名词,表示“使自己不做某事”,主要用于否定句或疑问句。

keep的用法6：由keep构成的常用习语大多不用于进行体。

keep的过去式例句：

1. A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.

留下了20名骨干人员。

2. The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended.

这架飞机已经超期服役很长时间了。

3. He kept encouraging Rosie to find a place of her own.

他不断鼓励罗茜为自己找个住处。

4. Mike kept snatching him up by the collar and jerking him up.

迈克一直揪着他的领子把他往上猛举。

5. The child kept her eyes fixed on the wall behind him.

这个小女孩眼睛一直紧盯着他身后的那堵墙。

6. The exact locations are being kept secret for reasons of security.

确切地点因为安全原因要保密。

7. The volunteers kept a record of everything they ate for a week.

志愿者记录下他们一周所吃的所有食物。

8. Any child who is caught will be kept in at playtime.

凡是被抓住的孩子在课间游戏时要被留在屋里。

9. With four laps to go, he kept pace with the leaders.

还剩4圈的时候，他紧紧咬住领先者。

10. The prison's inmates are being kept in their cells.

这个监狱的犯人被关在他们的囚室里。

11. Don't forget, I have always kept the money rolling in.

不要忘记，我总是有大量钱财滚滚而来。

12. Oranges can be kept for a long time without going mouldy.

橙子可以存放很长时间而不腐烂。

13. If you kept your nose clean, you had a job for life.

如果你规规矩矩，就可以一辈子都捧着这个饭碗。

14. You wouldn't be here now if she'd kept her mouth shut.

如果她守口如瓶的话，你现在就不会在这儿啦。

15. I kept hearing the sound of applause in the background.

我不断听到隐约的鼓掌声。