1、remain的用法小结,一、作不及物动词用 1表示“ “剩下；剩余；遗留”，此时不能用进行时态，也没有被动语态。 eg：After the fire, very little remained of his house. After the earthquake, very little remained of the city of Tangshan. 2表示“留下”、“逗留”，特指在他人走后留下。例如： They went，but I remained他们走了，但我留了下来。I shall remain here all the winter整个冬天我将留在这里。 3表示“尚待”、“留待”
2、，后面接动词不定式的被动语态。eg： One problem remains to be solved有一个问题尚待解决。It remains to be seen whether you are right. 你是否正确，以后见分晓。,二、作系动词用 表示“一直保持”、“仍然（处于某种状态）”、“继续存在”、“依然”。1后面接名词作表语。 In spite of their quarrel，they remained the best friends他们尽管吵过架，却仍不失为最好的朋友。2后面接形容词作表语。 例如： We must always remain modest and prud
3、ent我们必须经常保持谦虚、谨慎。Despite the danger，she remained calm尽管危险，可她依然镇定自若。,3后面接介词短语作表语。 例如： Victories remain with us胜利属于我们。 4后面接V-ing作表语，现在分词作表语，表示正在进行的主动动作。 例如： She remained standing though we repeatedly asked her to sit down虽然我们三番五次地请她坐下，她还是站着。5后面接过去分词作表语,表示主语所处的状态或已经发生的被动动作 。 例如： The true author of the
4、book remains unknown这本书真正的作者依然不详。 The situation remains unchanged局势依然未变。,三、remain作名词 remain作名词时表示“剩余物”,一般用其复数形式。例如： The archeologists found some remains of the Song Dynasty.考古学家发现了一些宋代遗迹。 四、remaining的用法 remaining是形容词,意为“剩余的”,常作前置定语；而left则只能作后置定语。例如： There are still some apples left. 还剩余一些苹果。 I bough
5、t a gift for her with the remaining money. 我用剩余的钱给她买了一件礼物。,1. It was already past midnight and only three young men _ in the tea house. A. left B. remained C. delayed D. deserted 2. After class the students went out of the classroom one by one, but only Mary _ . A. left B. had left C. was leaving D.
6、 was left,remain : vi. 遗留，剩下，留下，停留 remain = be left eg. After the fire, very little remained / was left of his house. 大火之后，房屋所剩无几。 Only a few leaves remained on the trees.树上只剩下几片叶子。,3.The lady said she would buy a gift for her daughter with the _. A. 20 dollars remained B. 20 dollars to remain C. re
7、mained 20 dollars D. remaining 20 dollars 4.Even though weve made much progress in preventing pollution, yet much_. A. is remained to do B. remains to do C. remains to be done D. is remained to be done 5. Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains _ whether they will e
8、njoy it. A. to see B. to be seen C. seeing D. seen,remain 是vi.,强调别的没有了就剩下这些了，注意用remaining 的形式作定语。 remain 后面常跟不定式的被动结构，即 remain to be done。 注意： It remains to be seen whether ,6.Though hes taken a lot of medicine, his health_ poor. A. proves B. remains C. continues D. feels 7. Please remain _ until the plane has come to a complete stop. A. to seat B. to be seated C. seating D. seated,remain : link-verb 继续，保持（某种状态），依然是，后面可以跟上adj. 、n.、prep-phrase等做表语。 eg. The situation remained unchanged.Facing danger, he remained calm.This still remains a serious problem.The old man remains in poor health.,
