remnant

rem·nant /ˈremnənt/ noun [countableC]

1 [usually plural]REMAIN/BE LEFT a small part of something that remains after the rest of it has been used, destroyed, or eaten 残余部分，剩余部分

remnant of

The remnants of a meal stood on the table.

吃剩的饭菜摆在桌上。

2. BBTTIMa small piece of cloth left from a larger piece and sold cheaply 零头布料

Examples from the Corpus

remnant• His prey is the charred remnants of a campfire set along a trail in the heart of this tinder-dry wilderness area.• The first revolution on the agenda, therefore, was the bourgeois-democratic overthrow of tsarism and abolition of feudal remnants.• In minutes the last remnants of life on the planet were gone.• They can also be distinguished by their almost globular shape and the long protruding remnant of the style sticking out on top.• There was an empty lot there full of overgrown weeds and crunchy brown grass and the shattered remnants of a shack.

remnant of• Burning cinders showered down from the remnants of the roof.

From Longman Business Dictionary

remnantrem·nant /ˈremnənt/ noun [countableC usually plural]

part of something that is left after most of it has been removed, used, sold etc

The last remnants of the troubled group have been sold.

Origin remnant

(1300-1400) Old French remenant, present participle of remenoir “to remain”, from Latin remanere; → REMAIN

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7533 COCA: 6394

remnant

noun

ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES

ADJECTIVE

➤small小小的殘餘

➤last, surviving最後的剩餘物；留存下來的殘跡

◇The museum is one of the last remnants of the 17th-century palace.博物館是這座 17 世紀宮殿最後殘存的遺跡之一。

➤➤shattered, tattered破碎的剩餘物

◇the tattered remnants of the flag破舊旗幟殘留的布條

◇She still has a chance to scrape together the shattered remnants of her life and move on. (figurative) 她仍然有機會重整自己以往支離破碎的生活，繼續前行。

PREPOSITION

➤remnant from (figurative) ⋯的殘留

◇Their outdated attitudes are a remnant from colonial days.他們過時的觀念是殖民地時代的殘餘。

PHRASES

➤a remnant from the past, a remnant of the past過去的殘跡

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7533 COCA: 6394

remnant noun
⇨ remains 2

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7533 COCA: 6394

remnant

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