不及物動詞:保持不變、仍然是、遺留、剩餘
常見搭配詞:
- remain + 形容詞
- remain + 名詞
- remain to be Vpp
例句:
- All the students remained silent.
所有的學生都保持沈默 - Energy costs will not remain high.
能源價格不會一直保持在高檔,應該會下降 - The old man remained motionless for at least an hour.
至少一個小時,那老人ㄧ動也不動 - The murder remains a mystery.
那謀殺案一直沒破案 - One has to keep learning if they are to remain competitive.
想要保有競爭力,ㄧ個人必須要保持學習 - The castle has remained virtually unchanged since the time it was built.
那城堡自建成後至今,幾乎沒變 - The boy remained calm when the earthquake hit.
那個男孩在地震來襲時,保持冷靜,不驚慌 - Most teachers remained hesitant.
大部分的老師保持觀望的態度 - My aunt remained single all her life.
我阿姨終身未嫁 - My parents remained with me for two weeks.
我父母待在我家兩週
習語:
It remains to be seen (+ N 子句).
….尚未確定、還說不定
The fact remains that SV.
無法改變的事實是…
同義詞:
- keep on 保持 vi.
- stay 停留 vi.
- last 持續 vi.
- endure 持續 vi
衍生字
- remaining 留下的;剩餘的;其餘的 adj.
- remains 剩餘物;殘留物;遺跡,遺址 n.
- remainder 差數;餘數 n. 削價出售 vt.