1[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, linking verb]STAY/NOT LEAVECONTINUE/NOT STOP to continue to be in the same state or condition 继续,依然
Please remain seated until all the lights are on.
请留在座位上,直到灯全都亮起。
We remained friends.
我们依然是朋友。
The boy remained silent.
男孩依然默不作声。
remain as
Despite the job losses, Parker remained as manager.
尽管有人失业,但帕克还是保住了经理的位子。
remain unclear/unchanged/unanswered etc
Many scientists remain unconvinced by the current evidence.
现有证据依然不能使很多科学家信服。
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In everyday English, people usually say something or someone stays in a particular state, condition, or place, rather than remains in it: 在日常英语中,人们表示某事物或某人保持某种状态或停留于某地,一般用 stay,而不用 remain
We stayed friends.
我们依然是朋友。
nGRAMMAR: Linking verbs
Remain is a linking verb in this meaning. This type of verb links the subject of the sentence with an adjective or noun:
He remains undecided about what to do.
Traffic congestion remains a problem.
2[intransitiveI] formalSTAY/NOT LEAVE to stay in the same place without moving away 停留,留下SYN stay
3[intransitiveI]REMAIN/BE LEFT to continue to exist or be left after others have gone, been used, or been destroyed 剩下;留存
Little of the original building remains.
原来的建筑已经所剩无几。
The score is tied, with fifteen minutes remaining.
比赛还剩15分钟,双方比分持平。
What remains of his original art collection is now in the city museum.
他当初那些艺术藏品中得以保留下来的部分现在都在市博物馆里。
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In everyday English, people usually say that something is left rather than remains. 在日常英语中,人们表示某物留存,一般说 be left,而不说 remain
Not much of the old town is left.
这座老镇的原貌已所剩无几。
4[intransitiveI]REMAIN/BE LEFT to be left after other things have been dealt with 留待,尚待〔处理〕
remain to be done
Several points remain to be settled.
有几个问题尚待解决。
There remained a few jobs still to be finished.
还剩下几项任务需要完成。
The fact remains that racism is still a considerable problem.
实际情况是,种族主义依然是个相当大的问题。
5it remains to be seenUNCERTAINused to say that it is still uncertain whether something will happen or is true 尚不确定,说不准
It remains to be seen whether the operation was successful.
手术是否成功还有待观察。
Examples from the Corpus
it remains to be seen• "What is your next film going to be about?'' "Well, that remains to be seen.''• Whether I reach it remains to be seen!• What remains to be seen now is whether it is too late to save the rainforests.• Whether the team can sustainits winning streak remains to be seen.• Steel will make it remains to be seen.• The meaning of prevention in the new Children Act is multifaceted and it remains to be seen how it will be operationalized.• It remains to be seen how many seniorcitizens will actually benefit from this new plan.• Yet it remains to be seen how strong are the forces of Euro-scepticism in Labour's own ranks.• And it remains to be seen if re- signing Greg Vaughn will be a hit or a miss.• Todayit remains to be seen whether Museveni's essentially centralist approach will be more successful than its predecessors.• But it remains to be seen whether that will prove a significantomission.• But it remains to be seen whether this will exacerbatechronicunemployment or solve it.
remained silent• For a moment Charles remained silent.• Refusing to make any furtherprotestations, she set her lips and remained silent.• Several people volunteered for being special constables but Tom remained silent.• As their journey continued Ashley waited for her companion's mood to lift, but Vitor remained silent and sombre.• Everyone remained silent, awed by the implications of it.• All three, he said, remained silent during police questioning.• But one keyfigure in this wholedrama has remained silent - Prince Charles.• Members of the SalvationArmy have remained silent since their announcement that their money had disappeared.
remain at/in/with etc• As the days remaining in her six-week maternity leave fizzled away, she wavered back and forth.• However, the next ownerdismantled the walls in 1685, since when it has remained in a state of decay.• And among the nine most populous states, only Florida remains inDemocratic hands.• One may hope that this forcefuladvocacy can remain in most instancespersuasive and considered rather than strident.• For that reason, it should remain in the hands of local government.• All he did was remain at the point where they first met.• He remained at the rue de Harlay until his death in 1712.• Of the twelve Alexander children, only Amos remained in the town where he was born.
remain to be done• A great deal of work remains to be done.• Nevertheless, speedy results can not be expected, since much researchremains to be done.• So much remained to be done.• The work remaining to be done is on documents to be signed by neither party.• There is no actualshortage of specific studies, though here, as elsewhere, much more remains to be done.• Much indeed remains to be done; for special training is required, and the workers are still few.• What remains to be done is to consider the relevance of what Wittgenstein says to the issuesraised earlier in this paper.
Originremain
(1300-1400)Old Frenchremaindre, from Latinremanere, from manere“to stay”