kept

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adj. 被資助的，（尤指）被包養(yǎng)的
v. 保持，處于；繼續(xù)；耽擱；保留，留著；存放；開(kāi)設(shè)，經(jīng)營(yíng)；保守（秘密）；遵守（諾言）；記（日記），做記錄；供養(yǎng)，包養(yǎng)；保護(hù)，使免受（keep 的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞）

Iron corrodes unless it is greased or kept clean.
如果不涂油或保持清潔鐵便會(huì)腐蝕。
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She still kept up with her classmates after graduation.
畢業(yè)后她仍然與她的同學(xué)保持聯(lián)系。
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The old man kept writing his memoirs till the day he crossed over.
老人一直在不停地寫他的回憶錄，直到他死的那一天。

Those were really tough tours. They were kept out very often for up to three months, under some pretty grueling conditions.
Ritual impurity also defiles or renders impure sancta, and so it has to be kept separate from sancta.
儀式上的不潔也會(huì)玷污或弄臟圣所，因此它必須遠(yuǎn)離圣所。
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And you'll say, "What?" I mean, they've kept this from you. You look at them and say,
你說(shuō)，“天哪！”原來(lái)他們一直瞞著你。你看著他們說(shuō)，
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In a lab-based simulated shopping experience, 42 mothers selected foods and beverages whose prices kept changing.
FORBES: Cheap Foods That Are Good For You

past simple and past participle of keep
someone who does not work but is instead given money and a place to live by the person she or he is having a sexual relationship with