remain [英][rɪ'meɪn][美][rɪˈmen]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;第三人称单数:remains过去分词:remained现在进行时:remaining过去式:remained英语中的remain 这一词的用法灵活,词性多样,初学者往往不明就里,无从下手,这里我们从动词、系动词、名词、形容词四个词性入手,谈谈“remain” 的用法及变化,看看是否能助你快速解决“剩下来”这个问题。 一、remain 作为动词,均为不及物动词,但有两种意思,此时不能用进行时态,也没有被动语态: 1、remain “剩下”、“余下”、“遗留”,试看下例句子: Some of them have disappeared while others remain today. 它们中的一些已经消亡,然而另外一些今天仍然存在。 After the fire,very little remained of their house. 火灾之后,他们家所剩无几。 Only a few leaves remained (=were still) on the tree. 树上只剩下几片叶子了。 After the earthquake, very little remained of the city of Tangshan. 地震过后,唐山这座城市所剩无几。 2、remain “留下”、“停留”、“呆在”,相当于“stay” The children remained out because of the weather. 由于天气晴朗,孩子们继续呆在室外嬉戏。 When the others had gone, Joan remained (=stayed) to clean the room. 别人走了,琼留下来清扫房间。 The Smiths remained there all through the year. 史密斯一家人在那里呆了整年。 二、系动词:“保持”、“仍然是”,“依旧是”,后接形容词、名词、动词不定式、现在分词、过去分词或介词形容词短语作表语,指某人或某事物仍保持某种状态 He remained silent. 他保持沉默。(接形容词) Whatever achievements you’ve made, you should remain modest. 无论你取得多么大的成就,你都该保持谦虚。(接形容词作表语) Man remained a hunter for thousands of years.人类的狩猎时期有数千年之久。(接名词) It remained a secret. 这仍然是个秘密。(接名词作表语) Peter became a manager, but Jack remained a worker. 彼得成为了一个经理,而杰克仍然是个工人。(接名词作表语) 指某事尚待、有待于以后被处置,后面常接不定式的被动形式,表示主语是不定式的承受者。 A lot of work remained to be done. 许多工作还有待完成。(接动词不定式) Many problems remain to be solved. 有好多问题尚待解决。 It remains to be seen whether you are right. 你是否正确,以后见分晓。 We will remain in regular contact with them.我们将和他们保持经常的联系。(接介词短语) He had to remain in hospital until he was better. 他不得不一直住院直到身体好 些。(接介词短语作表语) After the earthquake,very few houses remained standing. 地震之后几乎没有房子还矗立着。(接现在分词作表语,表示正在进行的主动动作) The guests came in, but she remained sitting at the desk reading.客人们都来了,但她还坐在写字台旁读书。(接现在分词作表语,表示正在进行的主动动作) As before, he remained unmoved. 他和以往一样无动于衷。(接过去分词作表语,表示主语所处的状态或已经发生的被动动作) 三、remains是名词,表示“遗物”、“遗址”,“剩余物”,其单复数形式相同 The remains of an old castle still stands there silently beside the river. 古城堡的遗址如今仍默默地矗立在河岸边。 The remains of the meal has been taken away. 剩饭菜都被拿走了。 The archeologists found some remains of the Song Dynasty. 考古学家发现了一些宋代遗迹。 四、remaining 形容词,“剩下的”、“余下的”,修饰单个名词作定语,置于该名词之前作前置定语,与left同义,但后者必须置于被修饰的名词之后作后置定语,试比较: She returned home with the remaining 10 dollars. She returned home with the 10 dollars left. 她带着剩下的十美元回到了家。 The remaining food is now in the refrigerator. The food left is now in the refrigerator. 剩下的食品现在放在冰箱里了。 There are still some apples left. 还剩余一些苹果。 I bought a gift for her with the remaining money. 我用剩余的钱给她买了一件礼物 你看,remain也不过如此吧,学英语没什么可怕的,如同我们学习母语汉语一样,只要多练习,并在日常学习中学会细心辨析区分,注意归纳与积累,然后在学习中加以运用,这样循序渐进,就会取得英语学习的成功! ~+名词 remain a bachelor 还是单身 remain a complete mystery 一直是个谜 remain a fisherman 仍是个渔民 remain a little money 只剩一点点钱 remain a little water 只剩一点水 remain a question 还是一个问题 remain a shining example 永远是闪光的榜样 remain good friends 仍然是好朋友 remain principles 保持原则 remain the chief means 还是主要方式 ~+形容词 remain active 仍然活跃 remain closed 仍然未开放 remain confused 迷惑不解 remain constant 保持不变 remain expressionless 毫无表情 remain hungry 只好饿着 remain linked 还连在一起 remain long 保持得很久 remain modest 保持谦虚 remain motionless 仍然不动 remain prudent 保持谨慎 remain silent 保持沉默 remain unchanged 依然不变 remain unconvinced 仍然不相信 remain unfinished 仍然未完成 remain unknown 依旧不详 remain unsettled 仍然未解决 副词+~ always remain 仍然保持 hardly remain 没剩下 little remain 没剩下 ~+副词 remain deeply 深怀 remain constantly 经常逗留 remain courageously 英勇地呆在 remain determinedly 决心留下 remain generally remain 通常呆在 remain hopefully 有希望留下 remain impassively 冷淡地留下 remain inflexibly 肯定呆在… remain motionlessly 不动地呆着 remain peacefully 静静地呆着 remain tensely 紧张地呆在 remain wilfully 任性地留在 remain in 呆在家里 remain on 保持不变,维持下去 remain out 呆在户外 remain up 过了就寝时间还不睡 ~+介词 remain as director 继续担任厂长 remain below 10℃ 保持在摄氏 10 度以下 remain by the sick child's side 守在生病孩子身边 remain in sb's memory remain of 剩下…,留下… remain on guard 保持警惕 remain under 仍处于…下 remain under the care of 一直受到…的照顾 remain with 最后取决于,最终属于 活在某人的记忆里