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re·main·der /rɪˈmeɪndə(r)/ n. | a. | vt.
I n.
1. 剩余部分，其余；其余的人
The remainder of the meal will do for tomorrow. 剩饭剩菜够明天吃的了。
She grated half of the carrots and diced the remainder. 她把一半胡萝卜刨成丝，另一半切成丁。
I'll pay you a hundred dollars deposit and the remainder on delivery. 我将付你100元定金，其余款项在交货时付讫。
Steady growth is foreseen for the remainder of the decade. 可以预见在这10年的余下几年中将有稳恒的增长。
Twenty students in the class are boys and the remainder are girls. 班上有20名男生，其余是女生。
2. 【数】差数；余数，余项
7 minus 2 leaves a remainder of 5. 7 减 2 之差为 5。
If you divide 7 by 2, the quotient is 3 with a remainder of 1. 7若除以2，商3余1。
10 can be divided by 2 without a remainder. 10可以被2除尽。
3. (因积压滞销往往被迫削价出售的)一册剩书；全部剩书
4. [remainders] (业已停止通用然仍留在人们手中的)余留过时邮票
collect remainders 收集过时邮票
5. 存货
6. 【律】剩余财产；残留权，剩余财产承受权；(待爵位拥有者死后方生效的)爵位继承权
living members in remainder to a peerage 对贵族爵位有预定继承权的现有成员
II a.
1. 剩余的；吃剩的
as dry as the remainder biscuit 像吃剩的饼干一样干巴巴的
2. 剩书的；出售削价剩书的
remainder prices 剩书处理价
a remainder counter 削价书专柜
III vt.
削价出售(图书等)；削价处理(存货等)
be sold off cheap as remaindered volumes 被作为削价图书般贱卖掉
[Ang-Fr < OFr remaindre, 见 REMAIN] |