1 V-LINK 保持;继续;持续 If someone or something remains in a particular state or condition, they stay in that state or condition and do not change. 保持;继续;持续 [Also it V n that]
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The three men remained silent. [VERB adj.ive]
这3个人保持着沉默。
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The situation remains tense. [VERB adj.ive]
形势持续紧张。
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The government remained in control. [VERB prep.]
政府仍控制着局势。
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He remained a formidable opponent. [VERB noun]
他依然是一个令人敬畏的对手。
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It remains possible that bad weather could tear more holes in the tanker's hull. [VERB adj.ive]
恶劣天气仍然可能使油轮船体遭受更多破损。
SYN stay, continue, go on, stand
2 VERB 留在，停留于(某处) If you remain in a place, you stay there and do not move away. 留在，停留于(某处) [Also VERB]
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He will have to remain in hospital for at least 10 days. [VERB prep.]
他至少得在医院里呆10天。
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From time to time, James remained at home with his family. [VERB prep.]
詹姆斯偶尔留在家里陪家人。
SYN stay behind, wait, delay, stay put
3 VERB 仍然存在;继续存在 You can say that something remains when it still exists. 仍然存在;继续存在
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Many of the differences in everyday life remain. [VERB]
日常生活中的许多差异仍然存在。
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The wider problem remains. [VERB]
更普遍的问题仍未解决。
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There remains deep mistrust of his government. [there V n]
仍然有人对他领导的政府很不信任。
SYN continue, be left, endure, persist
4 V-LINK 遗留;剩余 If something remains to be done, it has not yet been done and still needs to be done. 遗留;剩余
5 N-PLURAL 残余（物）;剩余（物）;遗迹 The remains of something are the parts of it that are left after most of it has been taken away or destroyed. 残余（物）;剩余（物）;遗迹
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They were tidying up the remains of their picnic. [+ of]
他们正在收拾野餐后剩下的东西。
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...the charred remains of a tank.
烧焦的坦克残骸
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...the remains of an ancient mosque.
一座古清真寺的遗迹
6 N-PLURAL 遗体;残骸 The remains of a person or animal are the parts of their body that are left after they have died, sometimes after they have been dead for a long time. 遗体;残骸
7 N-PLURAL (历史)遗迹，残迹 Historical remains are things that have been found from an earlier period of history, usually buried in the ground, for example parts of buildings and pieces of pottery. (历史)遗迹，残迹
8 V-LINK （事实、问题等)仍然是(表示强调) You can use remain in expressions such as the fact remains that or the question remains whether to introduce and emphasize something that you want to talk about. （事实、问题等)仍然是(表示强调)
10 PHRASE 需拭目以待;未见分晓 If you say that it remains to be seen whether something will happen, you mean that nobody knows whether it will happen. 需拭目以待;未见分晓 [vagueness]
| Thesaurus | remain Also look up: |
| VERB. | last, linger, stay; (ant.) depart, leave 2 |
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