remain
[rɪ'men]
vi. , 逗留, 剩余

[] 停留, 住, 续



remain
[ verb ]

1. stay the same; remain in a certain state

<verb.change> rest stay
The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it
rest assured
stay alone
He remained unmoved by her tears
The bad weather continued for another week

2. continue in a place, position, or situation

<verb.stative> continue stay stay on
After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser
Stay with me, please
despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year
She continued as deputy mayor for another year

3. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.

<verb.stative>
There remains the question of who pulled the trigger
Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war

4. stay behind

<verb.stative> persist stay
The smell stayed in the room
The hostility remained long after they made up

Remain \Re*main"\, v. t.
To await; to be left to. [Archaic]

The easier conquest now remains thee. --Milton.


Remain \Re*main"\ n.
1. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.]

Which often, since my here remain in England,
I 've seen him do. --Shak.

2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the
plural. ``The remains of old Rome.'' --Addison.

When this remain of horror has entirely subsided.
--Burke.

3. Specif., in the plural:
(a) That which is left of a human being after the life is
gone; relics; a dead body.

Old warriors whose adored remains
In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains!
--Pope.
(b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary
works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.


Remain \Re*main"\ (r?-m?n"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Remained}
(-m?nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remaining}.] [OF. remaindre,
remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay,
remain. See {Mansion}, and cf. {Remainder}, {Remnant}.]
1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after
others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a
number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be
left as not included or comprised.

Gather up the fragments that remain. --John vi. 12.

Of whom the greater part remain unto this present,
but some are fallen asleep. --1 Cor. xv.
6.

That . . . remains to be proved. --Locke.

2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or
undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to
last.

Remain a widow at thy father's house. --Gen.
xxxviii. 11.

Childless thou art; childless remain. --Milton.

Syn: To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell;
abide; last; endure.