【问】 Mr Green is a man who likes to keep the house.

有人将这句话译作：“格林先生是一个喜欢主持家务的人。”对吗?

【答】 不对。keep the house不作“主持家务”、“管家”解，而作“居家不外出”、“深居简出”解。keep house(无定冠词)才作“主持家务”、“管家”解：

1. His mother would come and keep house for them. (Dreiser)

他母亲会来替他们照料家务。

2. Since their mother died，Mary keeps house for her father and brother. (DAI)

自从他们母亲去世以来，玛丽一直为她父亲和兄弟照料家务。