remain + adj./doing/done/to be/n./prep. The African people remain very poor/to be very poor. 非洲人仍然很穷。 She remained standing for over an hour. 她一直站了一个多小时。 The door remained closed. 门依然是关的。 Much work remains to be done. 许多工作有待去做。 ①remaining adj.意思是“余下的,剩下的”,常作定语。 ②It remains to be seen whether/what…是常见结构,“……将拭目以待、还有待观察”。 remain 与 stay ①remain指其他人或物移去、分离或遭到毁坏后继续留在原处,此时也可用stay, 但如果用意在于使离开和停留形成对比,使用remain效果更佳。 ②stay指客人、寄宿者或类似的人的暂时停留。 Only the shell of the building remained after the explosion. 爆炸后,只剩下楼房的框架。 He was invited to stay for supper. 他被邀请留下吃晚饭。 He remained/stayed in his seat after all the other students had gone home. 别的学生都回家了他还留在座位上。 完成句子。 1. 虽然他已经吃了很多药,但健康依然很差。 Although he has taken a lot of medicine, his health remains poor. 2. 虽然风已经停了,但雨仍在不紧不慢地(steady)下着,因此你仍需带上雨衣。 Although the wind has died down, the rain remains steady, so you still need a raincoat. |