| 单词 | remainder |
| 释义 | remainder (once / 320 pages) nv The remainder is whatever is left after the rest has been used up or taken away. In math, if you know the remainder is the number that's left after you divide, that will help you remember the meaning of this word: a remainder is what you have when others things are gone. If you ate all but one piece of a pizza, the one slice left is the remainder. If you spend all your cash except for $4, that's your remainder. Since remaining means to stay somewhere, a remainder is something that stays put. WORD FAMILYremainder: remaindered, remainders USAGE EXAMPLESThat would be a disservice to the remainder of the nation. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Sterling’s early anxiety disappeared in the remainder of the game. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The remainder will be hired and trained over the next year. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n something left after other parts have been taken away there was no remainder Syn|Hypo|Hyper balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest leftover, remnant a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists component, component part, constituent, part, portion something determined in relation to something that includes it 2n the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend Syn|Hypo|Hyper difference balance the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account balance of trade, trade balance, trade gap, visible balancethe difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise carry-forward, carry-overthe accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves compensating balance, offsetting balancea minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank invisible balancethe difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of services and payments of property incomes number a concept of quantity involving zero and units 3n the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor Hyper number a concept of quantity involving zero and units 4n a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold Syn|Hypo|Hyper end, oddment, remnant fag end the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope piece of cloth, piece of material a separate part consisting of fabric 5v sell cheaply as remainders The publisher remaindered the books Hyper sell exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
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