remainder
英 [rɪ'meɪndə]
美 [rɪ'mendɚ]
- n. [數] 餘數，殘餘；剩餘物；其餘的人
- adj. 剩餘的；吃剩的
- vt. 廉價出售；削價出售
- vi. 廉價出售；削價出售
中文詞源
remainder 剩餘物來自 remain,剩餘。
英文詞源
- remainder (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French remainder, Old French remaindre, noun use of infinitive, a variant of Old French remanoir (see remain (v.)). The verb meaning "dispose of (books) at a reduced price" is from 1904. Related: Remaindered.
雙語例句
- 1. I spent the remainder of the day feeling terrible.
- 我那天餘下的時間裏心情都很糟糕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Efforts to persuade the remainder to follow suit have continued.
- 說服其餘人跟著效仿的努力仍在繼續。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I kept some of his books and gave away the remainder.
- 我保留了一些他的書，其他的都送人了。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Fifteen students in the class are girls and the remainder are boys.
- 班裏有15名女學生,其餘是男生.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. They joined up with us to spend the remainder of the holiday.
- 他們來跟我們一起共度餘下的假期.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》