迷你對話：

A: Have you finished your work?

你干完了你的活兒嗎？

B: Not because I’m keeping an eye on the baby.

沒有，因為我一直在照顧那個小嬰兒。

A: Where is the baby’s mother?

那個嬰兒的媽媽在哪兒？

B: She is at the supermarket downstairs. She said she would be back in about half an hour.

她在樓下的超市，她說半小時后回來。

地道表達：

keep an eye on

解詞釋義：

keep on是動詞短語，有“使......繼續下去，使......不?！钡囊馑?，短語keep an eye on意思是“一直看著......不停地看著......”，可以引申為“照看，照管”。

支持范例：

Would you keep an eye on my baby for a while?

請你照看一下我的嬰兒好嗎?

Keep an eye on the stove in case the coffee boils.

看著爐子，免得咖啡煮沸了。

Can you keep an eye on the kids while I go to the doctor's?

你可以在我去看醫生時幫我看一下小孩嗎？

Please keep an eye on my suitcase while I go to buy my ticket.

我去買車票時，請您幫我照看一下箱子。