1[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, linking verb]STAY/NOT LEAVECONTINUE/NOT STOP to continue to be in the same state or condition 繼續,依然
Please remain seated until all the lights are on.
請留在座位上,直到燈全都亮起。
We remained friends.
我們依然是朋友。
The boy remained silent.
男孩依然默不作聲。
remain as
Despite the job losses, Parker remained as manager.
盡管有人失業,但帕克還是保住了經理的位子。
remain unclear/unchanged/unanswered etc
Many scientists remain unconvinced by the current evidence.
現有證據依然不能使很多科學家信服。
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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: 在日常英語中,人們表示某事物或某人保持某種狀態或停留於某地,一般用 stay,而不用 remain
We stayed friends.
我們依然是朋友。
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.
原來的建築已經所剩無幾。
The score is tied, with fifteen minutes remaining.
比賽還剩15分鐘,雙方比分持平。
What remains of his original art collection is now in the city museum.
他當初那些藝術藏品中得以保留下來的部分現在都在市博物館裏。
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In everyday English, people usually say that something is left rather than remains. 在日常英語中,人們表示某物留存,一般說 be left,而不說 remain
Not much of the old town is left.
這座老鎮的原貌已所剩無幾。
4[intransitiveI]REMAIN/BE LEFT to be left after other things have been dealt with 留待,尚待〔處理〕
remain to be done
Several points remain to be settled.
有幾個問題尚待解決。
There remained a few jobs still to be finished.
還剩下幾項任務需要完成。
The fact remains that racism is still a considerable problem.
實際情況是,種族主義依然是個相當大的問題。
5it remains to be seenUNCERTAINused to say that it is still uncertain whether something will happen or is true 尚不確定,說不準
It remains to be seen whether the operation was successful.
手術是否成功還有待觀察。
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”