1 QUANT 剩余部分;剩余物;余下的人(或物) The remainder of a group are the things or people that still remain after the other things or people have gone or have been dealt with. 剩余部分;剩余物;余下的人(或物)
Remainder is also a pronoun.
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Only 5.9 per cent of the area is now covered in trees. Most of the remainder is farmland.
这个地区的树木覆盖率只有5.9%。其他多数地方都是农田。
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Of the 59 committee members, 40 were against legalisation, 13 were in favour and the remainder were undecided.
在59个委员会委员中,有40人反对这项法案,13人赞成,其余的尚未表明态度。
2 N-SING [the NOUN] (算术中的)余数 In arithmetic, the remainder is the amount that remains when one amount cannot be exactly divided by another. For example, if you divide 22 by 7, the answer is 3 and the remainder is 1. (算术中的)余数
3 VERB [usually passive] (因为滞销而)廉价出售(图书) If a book is remaindered, it is sold at a reduced price because it has not been selling very well and will not be published again. (因为滞销而)廉价出售(图书)
4 N-COUNT 廉价销售的书 A remainder is a book that has been remaindered. 廉价销售的书
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