- 1aB2
/rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ/
Used before a noun to talk about the people or things that are still there after the others have gone, been used, or been dealt with.
剩下的；其餘的
核心畫面
Picture a pile that has been worked through — some taken, used, or dealt with. Whatever is still sitting there afterwards is the remaining part. The word always looks back at what has already gone.
可以想成：桌上原本有一堆東西，有人拿走了一些、用掉了一些、處理完了一些；還留在那裡的那一份，就是 remaining…更多收起
可以想成：桌上原本有一堆東西，有人拿走了一些、用掉了一些、處理完了一些；還留在那裡的那一份，就是 remaining。這個字的重點永遠在「已經少掉一部分」這個背景上——沒有先前的消耗，就沒有所謂剩下的。它放在名詞前面，替那個名詞標明身分：不是全部，是被扣掉之後還在的那些。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
remainingnoun/ɹɪˈmeɪnɪŋ/
- 1
obsoleteAn act or occurrence by which someone or something remains
- For where Gelasius saith, that "there remaineth the substance or nature of bread and wine," to declare thereby the remaining of two natures in Christ, you say, that "Gelasius' saying may be verified in the last, and not in the first," that is to say, that the nature of bread and wine remaineth.
- It is important for us to know to what extent the remaining of that naval force is advantageous, and I hope therefore, that you will seek an opportunity informally to confer upon this question, […]
- 2
rareremnant.
remainingadj/ɹɪˈmeɪnɪŋ/
- 1
Which remains, especially after something else has been removed.
- May I have the only remaining cake?
- Last year, the company eliminated hundreds of jobs and asked some of the remaining staff to take on the responsibilities of those who were let go.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。