核心问题
Reading newspapers every day can help us keep up the latest development. (高三会考,95-33)
我看不出上面的辨错题有什么错误。
词典解答
keep up 作“坚持”“继续”解时,后面可跟名词作宾语(up 为介词),keep up 作“不落后”“跟上”解时,一般用作不及物动词(up 为副词):
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I had to run to keep up. 我必须跑才能跟上。
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John had to work hard to keep up. 约翰为了赶上其他人,不得不努力工作。如要表达“与某人并驾齐驱”“跟上某人、某事”“不落后于某人、某事”,就必须在 keep up 之后加个介词 with。因此,上题中的 keep up 应改为 keep up with。类例:
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Don't walk so quickly—I can't keep up with you. 别走那么快——我跟不上你们了。
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I had to work hard to keep up with the other students. 为了不落后于其他同学,我不得不努力学习。
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How do you keep up with the latest styles in popular music? They change so quickly! 你怎么跟得上最时髦的流行音乐呢？它们变化这么快！