remain 来自拉丁语 remanere(留下)= re(在后)+ manere(停留)→ 继续留在原处。核心义项:① 留下,停留(remain in a place 留在某地);② 保持(某种状态)(remain calm 保持冷静);③ 遗留,剩余(what remains 剩下的)。义项二最常用,高考写作核心。
释义
1
v.保持(某种状态)(remain + adj.)
Despite the intense pressure, the negotiator remained calm and focused throughout the discussions.
尽管压力巨大,谈判者在整个讨论过程中始终保持冷静和专注。
2
v.留下,继续存在(在某地或某情境中)
Several key questions remain unanswered even after the investigation concluded.
即使调查结束后,仍有几个关键问题悬而未决。
3
v.剩余,遗留(还有多少待处理)
Of the original group of forty participants, only twelve remained by the end of the programme.
在最初四十名参与者中,到计划结束时只剩十二人。
语感
remain = 没有离开——状态没变,人没走,问题还在
保持留下剩余
remain + adj.(保持某种状态)是义项二核心句型,高考常考:remain silent / unchanged / committed / anonymous(保持沉默/不变/承诺/匿名)。remain to be done(仍有待完成)是固定结构:Much remains to be done.(还有很多事情有待完成。)the remaining + 名词(剩余的……)= the rest of。
陷阱
⚠️remain to be done:仍有待……(固定结构)
The long-term effects of the new drug remain to be fully understood.
✗
remain to be done 是「仍然被做」
✓
remain to be done = 仍有待完成/发现/理解(表示「这件事尚未被做到」,是书面常见结构)
这种新药的长期影响仍有待充分了解。(remain to be + 过去分词 = 尚未被……)
近义辨析
remainvsstay
remain保持某种状态(义项二)stay保持,留下(最口语,也指物理上待在某处)
The unemployment rate has remained stubbornly high despite recent economic growth.
尽管近期经济增长,失业率仍然顽固地保持高位。
Please stay seated until the aircraft has come to a complete stop.
请保持坐着,直到飞机完全停下。
写作加分
✨ 加分词
替换:still bekeep being
问题分析类议论文现状描述类写作
普通
Poverty is still a big problem in many countries.
贫困在许多国家仍然是一个大问题。
加分 ✨
Despite decades of international development efforts, poverty remains one of the most persistent and complex challenges facing the global community.
尽管经过数十年的国际发展努力,贫困仍然是全球社会面临的最顽固、最复杂的挑战之一。
为什么更好:remains 比 is still 更书面,暗含「尽管有努力仍未改变」,配合让步状语 Despite 强化对比