A: Have you finished your work?
你干完了你的活兒嗎?
B: Not because I’m keeping an eye on the baby.
沒有,因為我一直在照顧那個小嬰兒。
A: Where is the baby’s mother?
那個嬰兒的媽媽在哪兒?
B: She is at the supermarket downstairs. She said she would be back in about half an hour.
她在樓下的超市,她說半小時后回來。
地道表達:
keep an eye on
解詞釋義:
keep on是動詞短語,有“使......繼續(xù)下去,使......不停”的意思,短語keep an eye on意思是“一直看著......不停地看著......”,可以引申為“照看,照管”。
支持范例:
Would you keep an eye on my baby for a while?
請你照看一下我的嬰兒好嗎?
Keep an eye on the stove in case the coffee boils.
看著爐子,免得咖啡煮沸了。
Can you keep an eye on the kids while I go to the doctor's?
你可以在我去看醫(yī)生時幫我看一下小孩嗎?
Please keep an eye on my suitcase while I go to buy my ticket.
我去買車票時,請您幫我照看一下箱子。