送别
A：All my bags are checked in. I guess I''m all set to go.
我的行李都检查完了，看来我可以走了。
B：I know you must be excited to go home after such a long business trip.
出差这么久，终于要回家了，我想你一定很高兴。
A：I am sure. So, we''ll be expecting the first shipment in less than a month.
那当然。我们都希望第一批货在一个月之内可以装船。
B：Yes, that''s right. They''ll be there in no time.
没错，货很快就会运到。
A：Good. Tell Mr. Gao at the factory to keep up the good work.
很好，请告诉工厂的高先生继续努力。
B：I think all the products are going to sell very well.
我相信这批货一定会卖得很好。
A：We hope so! It''s always good to work with you, Tom.
希望如此！汤姆，和你们合作总是很愉快。
B：I want to thank you for placing such a big order with us. You won''t be disappointed.
谢谢你下了这么大的订单，你一定不会失望的。
A：I''m sure I won''t. I really appreciate all of your hospitality.
这点我相信。我真的很感激你的招待。
B：It was my please.And I''d like to give you a little something to take home. Let me unroll it.
荣幸之至。对了，我有样小东西想送你，让我把它打开。
A：This is beautiful! Chinese calligraphy. What do these characters mean?
好漂亮！是中国书法！这上面写的是什么意思？
B：They mean long life. I remember you liked the calligraphy at the Palace Museum.So I thought you might like it.
长命百岁。我记得上次去故宫，你特别喜欢书法。所以，我想你可能会喜欢这个。
A：That''s very nice of you. Where did you get it? It''s not a print.
真细心！你从哪儿弄来的？这还不是复制的呢！
B：No, it''s an original. My father''s friend is a calligrapher, and I had him make it for you.And his name and the date are on the bottom.
没错，这可是真迹。我父亲的朋友是书法家，专门帮你写的.他的名字和日期都在下面。
keep up的解释
A：I''ll hang it in my office. But I feel bad I didn''t get you anything.
我要把它挂在办公室。不过，真不好意思，我什么也没送你。
B：Don''t worry about it. It''s a taken of my appreciation for your business, and friendship.
没关系的。这是向你表示我们在生意及友谊上的一点心意。
keep up的近义词
A：If you have time around Christmas, please come to visit my family.And I''ll be able to show you around our city.
如果你圣诞节前后有空，欢迎到我家来玩。我可以带你在我们那儿四处看看。
B：Thanks for the invitation. And please give my regards to your wife.
谢谢你的邀请。请代我问候贵夫人。
A：You do the same. Well, I''d better go. Thanks again for everything.
你也代我问候一声。好，我得走了，再次谢谢你们的招待。
1. 保持：hold up耽搁 | keep up保持 | look up查找;找出
2. 维持：keep out 挡住,使不进去 | keep up维持 | keep from阻止,抑制
3. 坚持：hold up 延误 | keep up 坚持 | cut down砍倒
4. 继续：29. stay put 待在原地 | 30. keep up 继续 | 31. tie up 占用
1. （与…）齐步前进；不落后（于…）
If you keep up with someone or something that is moving near you, you move at the same speed.
e.g. She shook her head and started to walk on. He kept up with her.
她摇了摇头开始往前走。他跟了上去。
2. 跟上（变化等）
To keep up with something that is changing means to be able to cope with the change, usually by changing at the same rate.
e.g. ...wage increases which keep up with inflation...
与通货膨胀同步的工资增长
e.g. Things are changing so fast, it''s hard to keep up.
事情变化得太快了，很难跟上形势。
3. 跟上（活儿、人等）；同…做（或理解）得一样好
If you keep up with your work or with other people, you manage to do or understand all your work, or to do or understand it as well as other people.
e.g. Penny tended to work through her lunch hour in an effort to keep up with her work...
为了把活儿干完，彭妮常常午饭时间也要工作。
e.g. Life is tough for kids who aren''t keeping up in school.
孩子们如果在学校里功课不好，日子就会不好过。
4. 了解；熟悉
If you keep up with what is happening, you make sure that you know about it.
e.g. She did not bother to keep up with the news.
她不愿花时间去了解最新消息。
5. 继续做（或提供）
If you keep something up, you continue to do it or provide it.
e.g. I was so hungry all the time that I could not keep the diet up for longer than a month...
我无时无刻都觉得饿，节食坚持不到一个月就放弃了。
e.g. They risk losing their homes because they can no longer keep up the repayments.
因为无力继续偿还借款，他们面临无家可归的危险。
6. 使不减少（或降低）
If you keep something up, you prevent it from growing less in amount, level, or degree.
e.g. There will be a major incentive among TV channels to keep standards up...
将会有重大举措鼓励各电视频道维持高标准。
e.g. Opposition forces are keeping up the pressure against the government.
反对势力在继续对政府施加压力。
7. see also: keep 23;25
keep up在线翻译
verb
1. prevent from going to bed at night
e.g. The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night
I kept myself up all night studying for the exam
2. keep informed
e.g. He kept up on his country''s foreign policies
Synonym: keep abreastfollow
3. maintain a required pace or level
e.g. He could not keep up and dropped out of the race
4. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
e.g. We preserve these archeological findings
The old lady could not keep up the building
children must be taught to conserve our national heritage
The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts
Synonym: conservepreservemaintain
5. lengthen or extend in duration or space
e.g. We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible
prolong the treatment of the patient
keep up the good work