| 词组 | keep from |
| 释义 | keep from 1. keep sb/sth from sth to prevent someone from doing something or to prevent something from happening: keep sb from doing sth ▪ At the stadium police kept fans from coming onto the field. ▪ Bains complained that he had been kept from seeing his children by his ex-wife. keep sb from sth ▪ I hope I haven't kept you from your work. keep sth from doing sth ▪ Stand the plant in a bowl of water to keep the soil from getting dry. 2. keep (yourself) from doing sth to prevent yourself from doing something, with difficulty: ▪ I looked quickly away to keep from laughing. ▪ It was all Dinah could do to keep from shouting. ▪ He tried to keep himself from getting too tired. 3. keep sth from sb to prevent someone from knowing something, by deliberately not telling them about it: ▪ The government had wanted to keep this information from the public. ▪ I felt that he was keeping something from me. ■ SIMILAR TO: withhold formal |
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