| 单词 | remainder |
| 释义 | remainder (rɪmeɪndəʳ ) Word forms: remainders, remaindering, remaindered 1. quantifier The remainder of a group are the things or people that still remain after the other things or people have gone or have been dealt with. He gulped down the remainder of his coffee. [+ of] I spent the remainder of the day feeling terrible. Remainder is also a pronoun. Only 5.9 per cent of the area is covered in trees. Most of the remainder is farmland. A quarter of finalists hoped to go travelling. The remainder were undecided about their plans. 2. singular noun [the NOUN] In arithmetic, the remainder is the amount that remains when one amount cannot be exactly divided by another. For example, if you divide 22 by 7, the answer is 3 and the remainder is 1. 3. verb [usually passive] If a book is remaindered, it is sold at a reduced price because it has not been selling very well and will not be published again. It failed to sell and was soon remaindered. [be VERB-ed] 4. countable noun A remainder is a book that has been remaindered. Translations: Chinese: 剩余部分 Japanese: 残留者{or}残留物 |
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