remain的用法

　　一、 用作聯繫動詞,指某人或某事物仍保持某種狀態,意爲“仍然;依舊”,“留;呆;住;待”,後面可接名詞、代詞、形容詞、介詞短語、分詞作表語.

1.接名詞作表語

It remained a secret.這仍然是個祕密.

Peter became a manager,but Jack remained a worker.彼得成爲了一個經理,而傑克仍然是個工人.

2.接介詞短語作表語

He had to remain in hospital until he was better.他不得不一直住院直到身體好些.

3.接形容詞作表語

Whatever achievements you’ve made,you should remain modest.無論你取得多麼大的成就,你都該保持謙虛.

4.接分詞作表語

接過去分詞作表語,表示主語所處的狀態或已經發生的被動動作;現在分詞作表語,表示正在進行的主動動作.

The guests came in,but she remained sitting at the desk reading.客人們都來了,但她還坐在寫字檯旁讀書.

As before,he remained unmoved.他和以往一樣無動於衷.

　　二、用作不及物動詞,意思是“剩下;剩餘;遺留”,此時不能用進行時態,也沒有被動語態.

After the fire,very little remained of his house.火災過後,他的家所剩無幾.

After the earthquake,very little remained of the city of Tangshan.地震過後,唐山這座城市所剩無幾.

　　三、指某事“尚待、有待於以後被處置”,後面常接不定式的被動形式,表示主語是不定式的承受者.

Many problems remain to be solved.有好多問題尚待解決.

It remains to be seen whether you are right.你是否正確,以後見分曉.

　　四、remain作名詞

remain作名詞時表示“剩餘物”,一般用其複數形式.例如：

The archeologists found some remains of the Song Dynasty.考古學家發現了一些宋代遺蹟.

　　五、remaining的用法

remaining是形容詞,意爲“剩餘的”,常作前置定語;而left則只能作後置定語.例如：

There are still some apples left.還剩餘一些蘋果.

I bought a gift for her with the remaining money.我用剩餘的錢給她買了一件禮物.不錯吧 選我吧