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"
