
vt. 检修;维修
A century has passed since the day of promise , and the promise is unkept .
承诺之日距今已有一个世纪, 但承诺却仍未兑现。
Yet it would not be like us to leave our promises unkept, our friends abandoned, and our own security at risk.
但是,如果我们不信守诺言,背弃我们的朋友,使我们自己的安全陷入风险之中,这样做有悖于我们的原则。
To deal with those, Sonia Gandhi, Congress’s leader, will reissue a lot of unkept promises when the election campaign begins: to bring everyone electricity, piped water, schools and jobs.
为了应对这些困难,国会领导人索尼亚甘地将在大选开始时再次发出许多没有兑现的承诺:为每个人带来电力供应,自来水,教育机会和工作。
Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed he didn't play well with the other children, that his clothes were unkept and that he constantly needed a bath.
汤森士去年已观察过特迪,她发现他不能跟其他学生很好地相处,他的衣着邋遢,样子看来很需要好好地洗个澡。
Feeble steps were heard on the stairs, and an old man, tall and frail, odorous of pipe smoke, with shaggy, unkept gray hair and a dingy beard, tobacco stained about the mouth, entered uncertainly.
楼梯上响起了绵软无力的脚步声,一个病怏怏、浑身烟臭、满嘴烟渍的高个子老头儿犹犹豫豫地走了进来;他斑白的头发蓬松凌乱,熏黄的胡须龌龊不堪。
vt.|maintain/service;检修;维修
关于单词 "unkeep" 的详细解释如下:
核心含义
根据词典资料,"unkeep" 是一个动词,主要表示「检修」或「维护」的行为。例如:"The engineers unkeep the machinery regularly."(工程师定期检修机器。)
词源与拼写注意
该词由前缀 "un-"(表反向动作)与 "keep"(保持)组合而成,字面意为「解除保持状态」。需注意其拼写可能与常用词 "upkeep"(维护费、保养)混淆,两者含义相关但词性不同。
使用现状
该词在实际英语中使用频率极低,权威词典收录较少。若需表达类似含义,更推荐使用 "maintain"(维护)、"service"(检修)等通用词汇。
建议:在正式文本中谨慎使用该词,优先选择常见表达以避免歧义。若发现拼写错误,可能实际想表达的是名词 "upkeep"(维护费用)。
词性: 动词
发音: /ʌnˈkiːp/
定义: 不保管,不维持,不保留
例句:
用法: unkeep是一个非常罕见的单词,它的用法非常受限制。它通常用于表示不再保管或维持某样东西,或者指解雇员工。
近义词: abandon,discard,get rid of
反义词: keep,maintain,preserve
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