| 词汇 | keep-away |
| 释义 | keep (someone/something) awayphrasal verb with keepverbuk /kiːp/ us /kiːp/kept | kept B2 to not go somewhere or near something, or to prevent someone from going somewhere or near something: （使）不靠近，（使）远离 Keep away from the edge of the cliff.不要靠近悬崖边。 Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably fireproof flameproof frustration guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom preclusion preclusive prejudice prevent preventable scuttle smother suffocate You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Separateness and isolation in space keep away noun[ U ] US(alsokeep-away, keepaway)uk /ˈkiːp.əˌweɪ/ us /ˈkiːp.əˌweɪ/ (UKpiggy in the middle) a game in which two people throw a ball to each other over the head of a person who stands between them and tries to catch it: 掷球游戏 He remembered his childhood when he would play keep away with his brothers.他记得小时候和兄弟们一起玩掷球游戏的情形。 Herman Agopian/The Image Bank/GettyImages in sports, a way of playing in which the main purpose is preventing the other team from getting the ball: （体育比赛中）控制球战术 When you get a lead in basketball, play keep-away and let the clock run out. 当你在篮球比赛中领先时，打控制球消耗时间。 a situation in which someone tries to avoid answering questions or revealing information: （某人）避免回答问题，拒绝透露信息 How long has this illegal game of keep away been going on? 这个拒绝提供信息的非法游戏玩了多久了？ Children's games blind man's buff card game cold conker deck of cards dingbat double Dutch dress-up box dressing-up box hide-and-seek hopscotch jack magnet fishing pack of cards painting painting by numbersidiom peekaboo piggy in the middle piggyback warm You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Competing in sport Answering & responding Examples of keep (someone/something) awaykeep (someone/something) away He wants her to keepaway, but he wants her to be near too. Institutional choice in government is thus a matter of which interests to secure influence on operations and which interests to keepaway. It would be hard to think of a better way to keepaway evangelicals. Bureaucracy has at last made its thunderous entrance into a world it should have had the tact to keepaway from. For example, keepaway from sight, have a bad effect on something, and ask need to be matched with blame, hide, hit, invite, pour, or spoil (pp. 265 - 266). He, therefore, called for his followers to keepaway from state institutions by resigning if they were civil servants or by leaving school or university if they were still students. Let us keepaway from the point of principle; we are dealing with a point of detail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why not help them to do so by enabling them to still keepaway from the guardians? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One reason stated for the need of the fence was that it would keepaway the cattle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How long are the people going to keepaway from expressing their anger? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apparently they have learned wisdom; and that is that where lawyers are gathered together it is wise for ordinary individuals to keepaway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think we should try to keepaway from personalities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be possible to put a ban on congested areas instead of asking people to be good boys and keepaway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such people seem unable to keepaway from crime, to avoid criminal behaviour, without substantial support and some degree of control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to keepaway from any technical matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of keep (someone/something) away These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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