keep score

keep score — idiom

1. to write down how many points each side wins as a match or competition goes on,

1.慣用語B1
釋義

to write down how many points each side wins as a match or competition goes on, so everyone knows who is ahead

例句

Nora volunteered to keep score during the school basketball final.

keep score during [an event]

Nobody was keeping score, so the players argued about who had won.

negative: nobody was keeping score

同義詞
  • tally

    more formal; stresses adding up a final count

  • tot up

    British and informal; usually for adding figures generally, not only games

文法句型

keep score (for someone/something)

用法筆記

Often used about the person whose job at a game is to track points, runs, or goals. Frequently appears with the negative 'nobody is keeping score' to mean the result does not matter.

常見錯誤

❌She kept the score of three goals.
✅She kept score during the match.
💡'keep score' takes no direct object; it means tracking the running total, not holding one number.