remain的六條重要用法

1. 表示“剩下”“留下”“尚需”等，均為不及物動(dòng)詞，因此不能跟有賓語(yǔ)，也沒(méi)有被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，并且一般不用于進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)。如：

地震之后，沒(méi)剩幾座房子。

誤：Few houses were remained after the earthquake.

誤：Few houses were remaining after the earthquake.

正：Few houses remained after the earthquake.

2. 由于是不及物動(dòng)詞，所以類似下面句子中的that從句不是賓語(yǔ)從句，而是修飾其前the fact的同位語(yǔ)從句。如：

The fact remains that she was lying. 事實(shí)是，她說(shuō)的是假話。

類似地，下面一句中的of the castle不是與remain搭配，而是與其前的a few stones搭配：

Today only a few stones remain of the castle. 今天這座城堡只剩下幾塊石頭。（=Today only a few stones of the castle remain.）

3. 由于是不及物動(dòng)詞，所以用于名詞前作定語(yǔ)時(shí)，不能用過(guò)去分詞，而應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在分詞(相當(dāng)于形容詞)。如：

The remaining students will serve as audience. 剩下的學(xué)生將充作聽眾。

比較：You may have all those that remain. 剩下所有的都?xì)w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，根據(jù)意思的需要選用主動(dòng)或被動(dòng)。如：

Nobody remained to help him. 沒(méi)有人留下來(lái)幫助他。

Much remains to be done. 要做的事情還很多。

Whether it will do us harm remains to be seen. 是否對(duì)我們有害還要看一看。

5. 與 there 連用，構(gòu)成類似于 there be 之類的句型。如：

There remained in the village only women and children. 村里只剩下婦女和兒童。

There remained just a little food. /There’s just a little food left. 只剩下一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)食品了。

6. 用作連系動(dòng)詞，意為“（繼續(xù)）保持”“仍處于（某種狀態(tài)），其后可接名詞、形容詞、分詞、介詞短語(yǔ)等。如：

He remains poor [a poor man]. 他仍然很窮。

She remained sitting [seated]. 她一直坐著。

There she remained under the care of Aunt Liu. 在那里她 一直受到劉大娘的照顧。