remain的六条重要用法
1. 表示“剩下”“留下”“尚需”等,均为不及物动词,因此不能跟有宾语,也没有被动语态,并且一般不用于进行时态。如:
地震之后,没剩几座房子。
误:Few houses were remained after the earthquake.
误:Few houses were remaining after the earthquake.
正:Few houses remained after the earthquake.
2. 由于是不及物动词,所以类似下面句子中的that从句不是宾语从句,而是修饰其前the fact的同位语从句。如:
The fact remains that she was lying. 事实是,她说的是假话。
类似地,下面一句中的of the castle不是与remain搭配,而是与其前的a few stones搭配:
Today only a few stones remain of the castle. 今天这座城堡只剩下几块石头。(=Today only a few stones of the castle remain.)
3. 由于是不及物动词,所以用于名词前作定语时,不能用过去分词,而应用现在分词(相当于形容词)。如:
The remaining students will serve as audience. 剩下的学生将充作听众。
比较:You may have all those that remain. 剩下所有的都归你。
He drank up the water that remained in the jug. 他把瓶里剩下的水喝完了。
4. 其后可接不定式,根据意思的需要选用主动或被动。如:
Nobody remained to help him. 没有人留下来帮助他。
Much remains to be done. 要做的事情还很多。
Whether it will do us harm remains to be seen. 是否对我们有害还要看一看。
5. 与 there 连用,构成类似于 there be 之类的句型。如:
There remained in the village only women and children. 村里只剩下妇女和儿童。
There remained just a little food. /There’s just a little food left. 只剩下一点点食品了。
6. 用作连系动词,意为“(继续)保持”“仍处于(某种状态),其后可接名词、形容词、分词、介词短语等。如:
He remains poor [a poor man]. 他仍然很穷。
She remained sitting [seated]. 她一直坐着。
There she remained under the care of Aunt Liu. 在那里她 一直受到刘大娘的照顾。