| 词汇 | keep myself to myself |
| 释义 | (redirected from keep myself to myself)keep (oneself) to (oneself)To refrain from attempting to communicate or make connections with others. You'll never make friends if you keep yourself to yourself all the time. The old man down the street always kept himself to himself. I never even knew his name until my parents pointed out his obituary. keep oneself to oneselfto remain aloof. He does tend to keep himself to himself. Keep yourself to yourself, and you'll be all right there. keep to somethingto adhere to an agreement; to follow a plan; to keep a promise. Please keep to the agreed-upon plan. Can you keep to what we agreed on? keep oneself to oneselfsee under keep to oneself. keep to1. Adhere to, conform to, as in Let's keep to the original purpose of this will. [Early 1600s] 2. Confine oneself to, as in Whenever she didn't feel well, she kept to her bed. Also see keep to oneself. keep yourself to yourselfavoid contact or communication with others; be retiring and solitary.keep yourˌself to yourˈselfavoid meeting people socially or becoming involved in their affairs: My neighbour keeps himself to himself. We smile and say ‘good morning,’ but that’s all.keep tov. 1. To refrain from venturing away from some place or activity: Because of the rain, the kids mostly kept to their rooms. 2. To adhere to some plan; stick with something: We should ignore these new projects and keep to the original purpose of our organization. 3. To remain private, unsociable, or uncommunicative. Used reflexively: The people at the party were not very friendly, so I kept to myself. keep to (oneself)1. To shun the company of others: She kept to herself all morning. 2. To refrain from divulging: He kept the news to himself. |
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