keep mum

英 [kiːp mʌm]

美 [kiːp mʌm]

保守秘密;闭口不谈

英英释义

verb

• refuse to talk or stop talking
  1. The children shut up when their father approached
  Synonym:close upclam updummy upshut upbelt upbutton upbe quiet

双语例句

• You decided to marry your son off, and you keep mum.
  你给儿子娶媳妇了，还在这儿和我们打哑谜。
• I reckon we're safe as long as we keep mum.
  我想只要咱们守口如瓶，就可保安然无恙。
• The teacher came into the classroom and shouted: "keep mum!"
  那个老师走进教室喊道：“请安静。”
• Keep mum about what we did.
  别把我们做的事说出去。
• Yet there is a voice in my head telling me to keep mum.
  但我头脑里也有个声音告诉我别这么做。
• Keep mum for now, captain. we'll chat later.
  现在别说，上校，我们待会再聊。
• At a service desk, the agent is expected to keep mum about her problems and to show a reasonable interest in yours.
  在服务台前，人们总是希望服务员对她自己的问题绝口不提，而是充分关注你的问题。
• Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer swears they will keep mum about This and They wish They may Drop down dead in Their Tracks if They ever Tell and Rot.
  哈克·费恩和汤姆·索亚对天盟誓：我们将恪守秘密，若有半点私心假意泄密，愿当场倒毙，尸骨无存。
• There is an incentive to collude with other suppliers to boost prices, just as two prisoners have good reason to keep mum about their crime.
  与其他供应商一起哄抬价格的动机，就像2个囚徒在他们的罪行方面都闭口不言。
• The two sides said they keep mum over the deal because it was only tentative.
  签约双方都说不想张扬是因为交易本身尚未最后定夺。