| 单词 | remain |
| 释义 | remain (once / 18 pages) v To remain is to stay in the same place or situation. You can remain at home instead of going out to the movies with your friends, but that doesn't mean you won't remain friends. If things remain the same, they don't change, and if your family remains in the same town, they don't move. When something is left behind, it also remains: "All that remains of my party is a bunch of deflated balloons." In the fifteenth century, remain was a noun too, meaning "people or things left over or surviving." Today we use remainder instead. WORD FAMILYremain: remained, remaining, remains USAGE EXAMPLESBond are, of course, only part of the story in China where banks remain the heavy hitters. Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017) The bullying remained, but the joy faded, and the comedy was often reduced to nasty zingers and schoolyard-quality taunts. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Tokyo stock markets remained closed for the New Year’s holiday. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v continue in a place, position, or situation despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year Syn|Hypo|Hyper continue, stay, stay on abide, bide, stay dwell hold overcontinue a term of office past the normal period of time visitstay with as a guest outstay, overstaystay too long be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 2v stay the same; remain in a certain state The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it He remained unmoved by her tears Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper rest, stay change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature keep out remain outside sit tightmaintain the same position; wait it out stay together, stick togetherbe loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble standremain inactive or immobile keep, stay freshfail to spoil or rot beto remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 3v be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc. There remains the question of who pulled the trigger Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war Hyper be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 4v stay behind The hostility remained long after they made up Syn|Hypo persist, stay stick endure lingerremain present although waning or gradually dying |
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