stay up
(a) remain awake; not go to bed 醒著; 不去睡
She promised the children they could stay up for their favourite TV programme. 她答應(yīng)孩子們可以晚點(diǎn)兒睡, 看他們最喜愛(ài)的電視節(jié)目.
(b) remain in a position where put, built, etc; not fall or sink or be removed 處?kù)对徊粍?dòng); 不倒; 不沉; 不被移走
I'm surprised some of those cheap houses stay up at all. 那些質(zhì)量差的房子仍然原封未動(dòng), 我感到很驚奇.
My trousers only stay up if I wear a belt. 我這條褲子要是不系皮帶就往下掉.
The poster only stayed up a few hours, before it was stolen. 那張海報(bào)貼上去沒(méi)幾個(gè)小時(shí)就讓人給偷走了.