2016考研英语作文必背高分句：友谊

I've kept up a friendship with a girl whom I was atschool with twenty years ago.

译文：心理学考研论坛

我一直与20年前和我同校的一个女孩保持着友谊。

点睛：

该句中whom引导的是以girl为先行词的定语从句，其中whom作该从句中with的宾语，twenty years ago为时间状语。短语keep up with sb.意为“保持与某人的联系”，本句中的keep up a friendship with sb.意为“和某人保持友谊”。

考点归纳：

与动词keep相关的常见短语还有：

*keep back隐瞒(某事)

Are you keeping something back?

你隐瞒着什么吗?

*keep(oneself) from doing sth.克制(自己)不做某事

I could hardly keep from laughing.

我几乎忍不住笑起来。

*keep的遵循，遵守(计划、时刻表等)

We have to keep strictly to the terms of the contract.

我们必须严格执行合同条款。