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逗留,留待;剩余,遗留;继续存在,仍是

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Remain \Re*main"\ (r?-m?n"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Remained}
   (-m?nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remaining}.] [OF. remaindre,
   remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay,
   remain. See {Mansion}, and cf. {Remainder}, {Remnant}.]
   1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after
      others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a
      number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be
      left as not included or comprised.

            Gather up the fragments that remain.  --John vi. 12.

            Of whom the greater part remain unto this present,
            but some are fallen asleep.           --1 Cor. xv.
                                                  6.

            That . . . remains to be proved.      --Locke.

   2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or
      undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to
      last.

            Remain a widow at thy father's house. --Gen.
                                                  xxxviii. 11.

            Childless thou art; childless remain. --Milton.

   Syn: To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell;
        abide; last; endure.

Remain \Re*main"\, v. t.
   To await; to be left to. [Archaic]

         The easier conquest now remains thee.    --Milton.

资料来源 : WordNet®

remain
     v 1: stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress
          remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest
          assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her
          tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
          [syn: {stay}, {rest}] [ant: {change}]
     2: continue in a place, position, or situation; "After
        graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student
        adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student
        protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She
        continued as deputy mayor for another year" [syn: {stay},
        {stay on}, {continue}]
     3: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence,
        etc.;  "There remains the question of who pulled the
        trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent
        history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a
        war"
     4: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility
        remained long after they made up" [syn: {persist}, {stay}]