释义 |
●ˌkeep sb ˈdown1. (BrE) (NAmE ˌkeep sb ˈback) to make a student repeat a year at school, college, etc. because of poor marks/grades 让(学生)留级◆I was kept down because I failed the exam. 我因为考试不及格被要求留级。2. to control a people, a nation, etc. so that they have no power or freedom 压制,控制,限制(人民、国家等)◆The people have been kept down for years by a brutal regime. 多年来人们一直受到残暴政权的压制。SYN repress sb1 [v + n/pron + adv]2 [v + n/pron + adv] [v + adv + n] |