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remain

英 [rɪ'meɪn] 美[rɪ'men]
  • vi. 保持;依然;留下;剩余;逗留;残存
  • n. 遗迹;剩余物,残骸

英英释意


1. stay the same; remain in a certain state;
"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;
"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.;
"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;
"The smell stayed in the room"
"The hostility remained long after they made up"