1·In ancient China, hand fans were almost the only ones to help people keep cool.
在古代中国,手扇几乎是唯一的帮助人们保持凉爽的工具。
2·In order to describe human beings, he should keep the palm of his hand at a right angle to the floor.
为了描述人类,他应该保持手掌与地面成直角。
3·She retired last year but still teaches the odd class to keep her hand in.
她去年退休了,但偶尔还上课,以免技巧生疏。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·To make it easier to get in touch with us, you'd better keep this card at hand.
为了方便跟我们联系,你最好留着这张卡片。
5·My mother was so touched by her gesture that she decided to go back to the store and give the cashier a five-dollar bill to keep on hand in case the same happened to someone else if they didn't have enough money for all of their groceries.
我母亲被她的举动感动了,她决定回到店里,给收银员一张五美元的钞票,让他放在手边,以防别人在没有足够的钱支付所购买的东西时发生同样的情况。
6·Grant gently put her hand in his, trying to keep her mind off the pain by keeping asking her questions.
格兰特轻轻握住她的手,试着不断问她问题来让她忘掉疼痛。
7·Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kill it.
“偏见”竭力想把真理牢握在手心,谁想竟将它捏死了。
8·Hearing this, the shoemaker ran out of doors in his shirtsleeves, and looked up at his roof, and had to hold his hand in front of his eyes to keep the sun from blinding him.
鞋匠听到歌声,连外衣都没穿就跑出屋门,抬头朝房顶望去,但刺眼的阳光照着他,使他不得不抬起手挡在眼睛前。
9·Still, there's no guarantee that a bout of hand-washing will stave off post-decision remorse in the long run - though it will probably help keep you from catching a cold.
但现在还没有证明洗一次手就能长期忘却对过去的决定的懊悔——不过这很可能让你不得感冒。
10·We keep spare clothes and sick bags (as well as games and books) in the hand luggage, but when we can, we take the train, boat or plane instead.
我们在手提行李里多带些衣服、清洁袋(还有游戏和书),但可以的话,我们会乘火车、船、或者飞机代替。