remained
/rɪˈmeɪn/ (bre, ipa) · [rɪmˈend] /rɪˈmeɪn/ (ame, ipa) · [rɪmˈend] /ri-ˈmān/ (ame, mw)
remained — 動詞
- remainedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- remaineds3rd person singular
- remaineding-ing form
- remainededpast simple
1. to continue to be in a particular place, state, or situation without changing
停留；保持
待在原地或維持某種狀態不變
to continue to be in a particular place, state, or situation without changing
Kian remained at the office long after everyone else had left.
其他人都走了很久以後，Kian 仍然留在辦公室。
remain + at [place] + time clause
Mr. Okonkwo's bookshop remained closed throughout the holiday season after the ceiling collapsed.
Okonkwo 先生的書店在天花板塌了之後整個假期都一直關著。
Tamar remained calm even when the fire alarm went off.
即使火災警報響了，Tamar 依然保持冷靜。
Hiro remained at his post by the gate even as the rain soaked his jacket.
Hiro 堅守在大門旁的崗位上，即使雨水浸透了他的外套。
The reading room at McGill University has remained unchanged for over a hundred years.
McGill 大學的閱覽室一百多年來一直維持著原來的樣子。
文法句型
remain + adjective
remain + prepositional phrase
remain + past participle
用法筆記
Frequently used as a linking verb followed by an adjective (remain silent, remain calm). Distinguish from sense 2: this sense describes staying in one state or place; sense 2 describes something left over after other things have gone.
常見錯誤
2. to still be there after everything else has gone, been used, or been dealt with
剩下；殘留
其他事物消失後仍繼續存在
to still be there after everything else has gone, been used, or been dealt with
After the meal, only a few pieces of bread remained on the plate.
飯後，盤子裡只剩下幾片麵包。
quantity expression + remained
Several questions about the footbridge remained unanswered after the meeting with the parish council.
與教區議會開完會後，幾個關於人行天橋的問題仍未有答案。
remain + past participle (unanswered)
Nadia's old bicycle remained in the garage long after she moved to Lisbon.
Nadia 搬去里斯本很久以後，她的舊腳踏車仍留在車庫裡。
Only the stone walls remained after the fire swept through the village.
大火席捲村莊之後，只剩下石牆還在。
A deep sense of doubt remained in Cyrus's mind even after the doctor explained the test results.
即使在醫生解釋了檢驗結果之後，Cyrus 心中仍殘留著一絲懷疑。
文法句型
remain + past participle
there remained + noun phrase
用法筆記
Subject is often what is left after removal, destruction, or completion. Frequently used with quantity expressions ('only a few remained', 'nothing remained') or in the pattern 'there remained...'.
常見錯誤
remained — 名詞
1. the body of a person or animal that has died
遺體；屍體
已死亡的人或動物的身體
the body of a person or animal that has died
The archaeologists discovered ancient human remains buried beneath the temple floor.
考古學家在寺廟地板下發現了古代人類遺骸。
collocation: human remains
The Delgado family waited respectfully while the remains were carried out of St. Luke's Hospital.
Delgado 一家人恭敬地等待著，直到遺體被抬出 St. Luke's 醫院。
Police found animal remains near the hiking trail early on Tuesday morning.
警方週二清晨在登山步道附近發現了動物屍體。
The museum returned the remains to the Indigenous community for a proper burial.
博物館將遺骸歸還給原住民社群，以便舉行正式的葬禮。
用法筆記
Almost always used in the plural form 'remains' in this sense. Common in formal, legal, archaeological, and funeral contexts.
常見錯誤
2. what is left of something after most of it has gone or been used up
殘餘；遺跡
大部分消失後留下的部分或痕跡
what is left of something after most of it has gone or been used up
Lucía sorted through the remains of the picnic, looking for her missing ring.
Lucía 翻找野餐剩下的東西，想找到她遺失的戒指。
collocation: the remains of [something]
The remains of the old castle still stand on the hill overlooking the harbour.
那座舊城堡的遺跡仍矗立在山丘上，俯瞰著港口。
Asher swept up the remains of the broken vase from the kitchen floor.
Asher 把打破的花瓶殘骸從廚房地板掃了起來。
Researchers from Oxford studied the charred remains of letters found in the basement of the old courthouse.
牛津大學的研究人員研究了在老法院地下室發現的燒焦信件殘片。
Emma carefully picked through the remains of the campfire, hoping to find her bracelet.
Emma 仔細翻找營火的餘燼，希望能找到她的手鍊。