一、 用作聯(lián)系動(dòng)詞,指某人或某事物仍保持某種狀態(tài),意為“仍然;依舊”,“留;呆;住;待”,后面可接名詞、代詞、形容詞、介詞短語(yǔ)、分詞作表語(yǔ).

　　1.接名詞作表語(yǔ)

　　It remained a secret.這仍然是個(gè)秘密.

　　Peter became a manager,but Jack remained a worker.彼得成為了一個(gè)經(jīng)理,而杰克仍然是個(gè)工人.

　　2.接介詞短語(yǔ)作表語(yǔ)

　　He had to remain in hospital until he was better.他不得不一直住院直到身體好些.

　　3.接形容詞作表語(yǔ)

　　Whatever achievements you’ve made,you should remain modest.無(wú)論你取得多么大的成就,你都該保持謙虛.

　　4.接分詞作表語(yǔ)

　　接過(guò)去分詞作表語(yǔ),表示主語(yǔ)所處的狀態(tài)或已經(jīng)發(fā)生的被動(dòng)動(dòng)作;現(xiàn)在分詞作表語(yǔ),表示正在進(jìn)行的主動(dòng)動(dòng)作.

　　The guests came in,but she remained sitting at the desk reading.客人們都來(lái)了,但她還坐在寫(xiě)字臺(tái)旁讀書(shū).

　　As before,he remained unmoved.他和以往一樣無(wú)動(dòng)于衷.

　　二、用作不及物動(dòng)詞,意思是“剩下;剩余;遺留”,此時(shí)不能用進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài),也沒(méi)有被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài).

　　After the fire,very little remained of his house.火災(zāi)過(guò)后,他的家所剩無(wú)幾.

　　After the earthquake,very little remained of the city of Tangshan.地震過(guò)后,唐山這座城市所剩無(wú)幾.

　　三、指某事“尚待、有待于以后被處置”,后面常接不定式的被動(dòng)形式,表示主語(yǔ)是不定式的承受者.

　　Many problems remain to be solved.有好多問(wèn)題尚待解決.

　　It remains to be seen whether you are right.你是否正確,以后見(jiàn)分曉.

　　四、remain作名詞

　　remain作名詞時(shí)表示“剩余物”,一般用其復(fù)數(shù)形式.例如：

　　The archeologists found some remains of the Song Dynasty.考古學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些宋代遺跡.

　　五、remaining的用法

　　remaining是形容詞,意為“剩余的”,常作前置定語(yǔ);而left則只能作后置定語(yǔ).例如：

　　There are still some apples left.還剩余一些蘋(píng)果.

　　I bought a gift for her with the remaining money.我用剩余的錢(qián)給她買(mǎi)了一件禮物.不錯(cuò)吧 選我吧