(TTS發音) 1. remain at a lower level 處于低水平
Most of the food shops have promised to keep prices down until after the new year. 大多數食品店答應新年之後才漲價。
2. not vomit；retain in the stomach 不嘔吐；留在胃裡
Jane is sick again today；she hasn't been able to keep her food down. 簡今天又生病了，吃下的東西都吐了出來。
3. control 控制；抑制
I could hardly keep my temper down when I saw the boys treating my dog badly. 當我看見那些男孩待我的狗不好時，簡直按捺不住憤怒。
The children could not keep their voices down. 孩子們不能控制他們的聲音。
You should try to keep down your anger. 你應該盡量克制自己的脾氣。
The firemen kept the fire down with hoses. 消防隊員用水龍管壓住了火勢。
4. keep with limits；limit 限制
She is managing to keep down her daily expenses so she could save more money. 她設法緊縮日常開支，以便能積攢更多的錢。
We should keep down the soaring prices. 我們應控制物價的飛漲。
We should take measures to keep down nonproductive expenses. 我們應採取措施削減非生產性開支。
5. keep from progressing or growing；prevent from increasing 阻止…前進、生長、增多
We hoe the garden to keep down the weeds. 我們鋤花園裡的地以免雜草叢生。
He has found out a new way to keep down weeds in paddy fields. 他們找到了一種控制稻田雜草的新方法。
Chemicals are used for keeping insects down. 用化學藥品滅蟲。
6. oppress 鎮壓
The police were ordered to keep down the riot. 警察奉命鎮壓暴動。
The government intends to keep down the revolutionaries. 政府企圖鎮壓革命者。
The peasants were kept down initially but finally they staged an uprising. 農民們起初被壓服了，但最後還是舉行了起義。
