单词 | the remainder |
释义 | the remainder [singular + singular or plural verb] (rather formal) the remaining part of sth; the remaining people, things or numbers剩余部份;其余的人;其他事物;差数;余数◆she lived the remainder of her life in denmark.她在丹麦度过了余生。◆i kept some of his books and gave the remainder away.我保留了一些他的书,其他的都送人了。note 辨析 rest or remainder? remainder is a more formal word than rest, which is much more general. remainder is also used in mathematics to mean 'the numbers left after one number has been divided into another'. * remainder 比 rest 正式,rest 含义更宽泛。remainder 亦用于数学,指余数◆divide 2 into 7, and the answer is 3, remainder 1.7 除以 2,商 3,余 1。also note that when the rest or the remainder refers to a plural noun, the verb is plural.还要注意,当 the rest 或 the remainder 指复数名词时,动词也要用复数形式◆most of our employees work in rome; the rest / remainder are in milan.我们的员工大多数在罗马,其余的在米兰。the remaindersee ⇨ remain 3 |
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