以下是一道高考題:

28. The little girl who gotlost decided to remain _________ she was and wait for hermother.

(山東2009)

A.whereB. what C.howD. who

有人給此題作了如下的解釋:

【答案】A　

【解析】本題考查連詞，remain是系動(dòng)詞，后加表語(yǔ)從句，由句意可知，從句缺地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)，所以選A。

remain在此語(yǔ)境中應(yīng)為vi,后面的從句是地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)從句,從句缺少的是表語(yǔ)而不是地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)?？磁＝虻谄甙娴慕忉專?/p>

[V, usually +adv./prep.] tostay in the same place; to not leave 逗留；不離去： 　

◊ They remained in Mexicountil June. 他們?cè)谀鞲缫恢弊〉搅隆?　

◊ The plane remained on theground. 飛機(jī)仍未起飛。 　

◊ She left, but I remainedbehind. 她走了，而我留了下來(lái)。

以下是朗文詞典對(duì)remain的完全解釋:

remain

1[intransitive always +adverb/preposition,linking verb] to continueto be in the same state or condition:

Please remain seated untilall the lights are on.

We remainedfriends.

The boy remainedsilent.

remain as

Despite the job losses,Parker remained as manager.

remain unclear/unchanged/unanswered etc

Many scientists remainunconvinced by the current evidence.

2[intransitive] formal to stay in the same placewithout movingaway[=stay]

remain at/in/with etc

She was too ill to remain athome.

The refugees were allowed toremain in the UK.

!In spokenEnglish it is more usual to use stay.

3[intransitive] to continue to exist orbe left after others have gone, been used, or beendestroyed:

Little of the originalbuilding remains.

The score is tied, withfifteen minutes remaining.

What remains of his originalart collection is now in the city museum.

4[intransitive] to be left after otherthings have been dealt with

remain to be done

Several points remain to besettled.

There remained a fewjobs still to be finished.

The fact remains that racismis still a considerable problem.

5it remains to beseen
used to say that it is still uncertain whether something willhappen or is true:

It remains to be seenwhether the operation was successful.

1 (2012浙江卷) No matter how bright a talker you are, there aretimes when it's better ____ silent.

A.remainB.beremainingC. havingremained D.to remain

2 (重慶卷2010-29) The palace caught fires three times in thelast century, and little of the original building ____now.

A.remainsB. isremainedC. is remaining D. has beenremained

3 (福建卷2010-34) In April, thousands of holidaymakers remained____ abroad due to the volcanic ash cloud.

A.stickingB.stuckC.to bestuckD. to have stuck

4. Ladies and gentlemen,please remain ____ until the plane has come to a completestop.（四川2009）

A.seatedB.seatingC.to seatD.seat

5 _____ acertain doubt among the people as to the practical value of theproject.（安徽2009）

A. IthasB. They haveC. Itremains D. Thereremains

北師大英語(yǔ)課本上的例句：

1. In many ways blues musicremains an important element in many of today's popular tunes.(P100, Unit 5)

在許多方面， 布魯斯音樂(lè)在許多今天的流行曲調(diào)中仍然是一個(gè)重要的因素。

2. The media remainedmodest. “China will perform even better in the Beijing Games butisn’t ready to compete with the United States for the top place,”wrote China Daily.

English will probably remainthe international business language, so don’t bother learningRussian or Spanish.

3. In contemporary society,culture remains a major part in determining our ideas ofbeauty.

4. By the year 2015, theclothing industry will have produced new types of material thatwill remain stainless no matter what you spill on them.

5. Fleming remained modestabout the amazing outcome of his discovery. “Nature madepenicillin,” he said, “I just foundit.”

6. Other records remaindoubtful (=in doubt), like Florence Griffith’s 100 metres recordback in 1988.

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