keep sth down1.镇压;压制：The youth could not keep down his anger and wanted to fight with them. 那青年控制不住他的怒火，想跟他们打架。2.保留(食物等)：Although the patient began to eat some fluid food，he still could not keep it down. 虽然那病人已经开始吃一些流食，但仍然不能承受它。3.缩减：We must increase our income and keep down our expenditure so as to make them balance. 我们必须增加收入紧缩开支以达到收支平衡。 |