remain

英[rɪ'meɪn] 美[rɪ'men]

反义词perish

remain 停留，逗留，剩余，仍然

来自拉丁语 remanere,留下，停留，来自 re-,向后，往回，manere,留下，词源同 mansion,permanent. 引申词义剩余，仍然等。

remain: remain: [14] Latin manēre meant ‘stay’ (it has given English manor, mansion, permanent [15], etc). Combination with the prefix re- ‘back, in place’ produced remanēre ‘stay behind, remain’, which passed into English via Old French remanoir. Its present participle gave English remnant [14]. A variant of remanoir was remaindre, which is the source of English remainder [15].
=> manor, mansion, permanent, remnant
remain (v.): early 15c., from Anglo-French remayn-, Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir "stay, dwell, remain; be left; hold out," from Latin remanere "to remain, to stay behind; be left behind; endure, abide, last" (source also of Spanish remaner, Italian rimanere), from re- "back" (see re-) + manere "to stay, remain" (see mansion). Related: Remained; remaining.
remain (n.): "those left over or surviving," mid-15c., from Middle French remain, back-formation from Old French remanoir, remaindre, or else formed in Middle English from remain (v.). But the more usual noun in English has been remainder except in remains, euphemism for "corpse," attested from c. 1700, from mortal remains.

1. The price of oil should remain stable for the rest of 1992.: 油价会在1992年剩下的时间里保持稳定。

3. The $40 million-a-month aid payments will remain on ice.: 每月4,000万美元的援助款项将继续搁置下去。

4. Major questions remain to be answered about his work.: 关于他工作的许多重要问题仍然悬而未决。

5. In absolute terms British wages remain low by European standards.: 根据欧洲标准，英国工资的绝对值依然很低。