核心问题
Mr Green is a man who likes to keep the house.
有人将这句话译作：“格林先生是一个喜欢主持家务的人。”对吗？
词典解答
不对。keep the house 不作“主持家务”“管家”解，而作“居家不外出”“深居简出”解。keep house(无定冠词)才作“主持家务”“管家”解：
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His mother would come and keep house for them. (Dreiser) 他母亲会来替他们照料家务。
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Since their mother died, Mary keeps house for her father and brother. (DAI) 自从他们母亲去世以来，玛丽一直为她父亲和兄弟照料家务。