remain的六條重要用法
remain的六條重要用法
1. 表示“剩下”“留下”“尚需”等,均為不及物動詞,因此不能跟有賓語,也沒有被動語態(tài),并且一般不用于進(jìn)行時態(tài)。如:
地震之后,沒剩幾座房子。
誤:Few houses were remaining after the earthquake.
誤:Few houses were remained after the earthquake.
正:Few houses remained after the earthquake.
Today only a few stones remain of the castle. 今天這座城堡只剩下幾塊石頭。(=Today only a few stones of the castle remain.)
2. 由于是不及物動詞,所以用于名詞前作定語時,不能用過去分詞,而應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在分詞(相當(dāng)于形容詞)。如:
The remaining students will serve as audience. 剩下的學(xué)生將充作聽眾。
比較:You may have all those that remain. 剩下所有的都?xì)w你。
He drank up the water that remained in the jug. 他把瓶里剩下的水喝完了。
3. 由于是不及物動詞,所以類似下面句子中的that從句不是賓語從句,而是修飾其前the fact的同位語從句。如:
The fact remains that she was lying. 事實是,她說的是假話。
類似地,下面一句中的of the castle不是與remain搭配,而是與其前的a few stones搭配:
4. 其后可接不定式,根據(jù)意思的需要選用主動或被動。如:
Nobody remained to help him. 沒有人留下來幫助他。
Much remains to be done. 要做的事情還很多。
Whether it will do us harm remains to be seen. 是否對我們有害還要看一看。
5. 與 there 連用,構(gòu)成類似于 there be 之類的句型。如:
There remained in the village only women and children. 村里只剩下婦女和兒童。
There remained just a little food. /There’s just a little food left. 只剩下一點點食品了。
6. 用作連系動詞,意為“(繼續(xù))保持”“仍處于(某種狀態(tài)),其后可接名詞、形容詞、分詞、介詞短語等。如:
He remains poor [a poor man]. 他仍然很窮。
She remained sitting [seated]. 她一直坐著。
There she remained under the care of Aunt Liu. 在那里她 一直受到劉大娘的照顧。