(1)保持(某种状态)继续存在,仍旧是(continue in somecondition/continue to be)。
用作连系动词,后面接形容词、名词、分词和介词短语,本课中出现的即为此用法。
e.g.They will remain in contact with us.
他们将与我们保持联系。
After years of hard work,Tom still re-mained a worker.
多年的辛劳后,汤姆仍是一名工人。
That old man remained full of energy.
那位老人还是那么精力充沛。
The situation remained unchanged.
局势没有什么变化。
She remained sitting when they came in.
他们进来时,她仍然坐着(没有站起来)。
(2)停留,逗留(continue in some place)。用作不及物动词。
e.g.Please remain here till I return.
请留在这儿,等我回来。
He seldom remains in his office.
他很少呆在办公室里。
(3)剩下、遗留(be still present after a part has gone or has beentaken away)。用作不及物动词。
e.g.If you take 4 from 9,5 remains.
九减四剩五。
Few people remained in the meeting-room.
会议室的人所剩无几。
当“剩下、留下”讲时应注意以下两点:
a.可与不定式连用
e.g.A lot of work remains to be done in the office.
办公室里待做的工作很多。
Many problems remain to be settled.
很多问题尚待解决。
b.用现在分词remaining(剩下的、剩余的)作定语。
e.g.The old man didn"t know how to-- deal with the remainingvegetables.
这位老人不知道怎么来处理剩余的蔬菜。
The boy ate up the remaining food.
这个男孩把剩下的食物全吃了。