keep company イディオム
keep company
1.associate with 和…交往
See that you do not keep company with undesirable characters.注意不要和不良分子交朋友。
A person may be known by the company he keeps.看他交往的人,就可以知道他是什么样的人。
He advised me not to keep bad company.他劝我不要与坏人交往。
You should not keep company withsuch people.你不应该和这类人交往。
2.stay or go with sb.so that he will not be lonely陪伴
I'm glad to keep you company.我 很高兴和你作伴。
I'll keep you company as far as the end of the lane.我可以一直陪你走到巷子的尽头。
John kept Andy company while his parents went to the movies.安迪双亲去看电影时,约翰就与他作伴。
He stayed at home to keep his wife company.他留在家里陪伴太太。
keep company|company|keep
v. phr. 1. To stay or go along with (someone) so that he will not be lonely to visit with (someone).
John kept Andy company while his parents went to the movies. I'll go shopping with you just to keep you company. 2. To go places together as a couple; date just one person.
After keeping company for one year, Mary and John decided to marry. Who is Bill keeping company with now? Compare: GO STEADY.
keep company
1. To absorb time with one for the account of companionship, or in adjustment to accumulate them from actuality lonely. In this usage, a noun or pronoun appears amid "keep" and "company." Can you accumulate me aggregation for a while? I've acquainted so cooped up after anyone to allocution to. At the actual least, Trish will accept her dog to accumulate her aggregation on the trip.2. To accessory (with). The bodies you accumulate aggregation with reflect abundantly on your character.3. dated To cloister someone. Lord Nelson has been befitting aggregation with a commoner, and the apple is astir.Learn more: company, keepkeep someone company
to sit or break with someone, abnormally addition who is lonely. I kept my uncle aggregation for a few hours. He was actual beholden for addition to accumulate him company. He gets actual lonely.Learn more: company, keepkeep company
(with someone)
1. Lit. to absorb abundant time with someone; to accessory with or accompaniment with someone. Bill has been befitting aggregation with Ann for three months. Bob has been befitting aggregation with a tough-looking agglomeration of boys.
2. Fig. to be allure someone. Mary and Bill are befitting company. I heard that Joe is befitting aggregation with Jim Brown's daughter.Learn more: company, keepkeep company
1. Also, keep aggregation with. Accessory with; also, backpack on a courtship. For example, He keeps aggregation with a agrarian bunch, or Jack and Françoise kept aggregation for two years afore they married. [Mid-1500s]
2. keep addition company. Accompany or abide with someone, as in Mary kept Mother aggregation while she shopped, or Do you appetite me to break and accumulate you company? This appellation was originally put as bear addition company. [c. 1300] Learn more: company, keepkeep somebody ˈcompany
absorb time with somebody so that they are not alone: I’ve promised to accumulate my sister aggregation while her bedmate is away.Learn more: company, keep, somebody keep (someone) company
To accompany or abide with.Learn more: company, keep keep company
1. To backpack on a courtship: a brace who kept aggregation but never married.
2. To associate or associate: keeps aggregation with some boxy thugs.Learn more: company, keep