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remained英[rɪˈmeɪn]；美[rɪˈmeɪn]
remain是一个英语单词，可用作动词、名词。通常用作动词，作动词时意思是“保持（不变）；依然是；留下；剩余；逗留；残存；仍需去做（或说、处理）”；作名词时意思是“遗迹；剩余物，残骸”，但要注意的是，用作名词时应当使用remains。
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短语搭配
remain silent三缄其口 ; 保持沉默 ; 继续沉默
remain stationary保持固定 ; 保持静止 ; 持停止 ; 保持不动
remain unknown不得而知 ; 仍下落不明 ; 依然不明 ; 仍然不明
remain invincible 立于不败之地
remain in office 留任
remain in business 继续营业
remain to explore 事物有待探索事物有待探究事物有待讨论
remain the same 依然如故保持不变
remain a mystery 仍然是个谜
remain with 属于
嘟嘟的Daddy
remain用法
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词
S+～(+A)
They went, but I remained.
他们走了,但我留了下来。
We all wish you to remain for dinner.
我们都希望你能留下来吃饭。
Do you wish to remain with me?你想和我一起留下来吗?
She remained at home to look after the children when her husband went out.
丈夫外出时,她留在家里照顾孩子。
S+～+n-A
I remained three days in Shanghai.
我在上海逗留了3天。
S+～+to-v
He'll remain to accompany you.
他将留下来陪你。
It remained for Mr.
Parkhill to break through the impasse.只有等待帕克希尔先生来打破僵局了。
A number of problems remain to be solved.
有很多问题尚待解决。
Many questions have to be settled and much remains to be done in our educational work.
我们的教育工作有许多问题要解决,有许多事情要做。
thefact～s/ed+that-clause
I'm sorry you're tired, but the fact remains that the job has to be done, so hurry up!对不起,你累了,不过事情还得有人去做,所以还是快一点吧!
The fact remains that we are still lagging behind the other classes in maths.
事实是我们在数学方面仍然比别的班落后。
There+～+A
There remained in the village only women and children.
村子里只剩下妇女和儿童。
There remained just a little money.
What was to be done?只剩一点点钱了,怎么办呢?
There remains a still more difficult task for us.
还有一项更艰苦的工作需要我们做。
There remained just a little water.
Please go and fetch some.只剩一点水了,请去打点来。
用作系动词
S+～+(as)n.
He was and (still) remains our respected teacher.
他过去是,现在仍然是我们尊敬的老师。
They remained good friends.
他们仍然是好朋友。
He will always remain a shining example for us all.
他永远是我们学习的光辉榜样。
Whether it is true remains a question.
到底是真是假还是一个问题。
S+～+adj.
I urged him to rest, but he remained motionless.
我叫他休息,可他仍然不动。
His face remained expressionless.
他的脸上仍然毫无表情。
In spite of the danger they remained calm.
尽管有危险,但他们一直保持冷静。
We must always remain modest and prudent.
我们要经常保持谦虚谨慎。
S+～+v-ed
They never remained satisfied with their successes.
他们从不满足于自己的成绩。
Although in hospital, his heart remained linked with the masses.
虽然他住院了,他的心还和群众在一起。
But fundamentally the situation remained unchanged.
但局势基本上没有什么变化。
But supposing they remain unconvinced?但他们如果仍然不相信,怎么办?
S+～+v-ing
He remained hanging in midair, saved by the belt.
他悬在空中,被安全带救了。
She remained sitting when they came in.
他们进来时她仍然坐着。
He remained unbending under the severest of tortures.
他受尽酷刑,仍然坚贞不屈。
She remained standing where she was for some time, after he left.
他走之后,她还在原地站了好半天。
S+～+as-clause
Let things remain as they have been in the past.
让事情照旧吧!
She remains as she was.
她还是像从前那样。
其他
v-ingasAttrib.
The only remaining question is whether or not we can raise the money.
唯一剩下的问题是我们能否筹到这笔钱。
remain相关解释
n. 剩余物，残骸;残余;遗迹;遗体
vi. 留下;保持;留待;依然
vi.& link-v. 搁置;剩余，剩下;逗留;终属，归于
remain例句
1. The price of oil should remain stable for the rest of 1992.
油价会在1992年剩下的时间里保持稳定。
2. It'd be better for a place like this to remain closed.
像这种地方最好一直关闭。
3. The $40 million-a-month aid payments will remain on ice.
每月4,000万美元的援助款项将继续搁置下去。
4. Major questions remain to be answered about his work.
关于他工作的许多重要问题仍然悬而未决。
5. In absolute terms British wages remain low by European standards.
根据欧洲标准，英国工资的绝对值依然很低。
6. The editor's decision is final and shall evermore remain so.
编辑的决定是最终性的，而且应该永远不会改变。
