remain

单词辨析:

stay linger remain 【导航词义:逗留】
stay v. 停留,逗留
〔辨析〕

普通用词,多指人在某处暂时逗留,或呆在某处不动。

〔例证〕

The teacher told him to stay behind after class.

老师要他下课后留下来。

You may stay as long as you please.

你爱呆多久就呆多久。

She insisted that we stay for supper.

她一定要我们留下吃晚饭。

linger v. 逗留,流连
〔辨析〕

尤指因不愿离去而逗留在某处。

〔例证〕

He was lingering about under her window.

他在她的窗下流连徘徊。

Jill made an excuse to linger on the stairs.

吉尔找借口故意在楼梯上磨磨蹭蹭。

She lingered after the concert, hoping to meet the star.

音乐会后她不愿离开,希望能遇见那位明星。

remain v. [正式]留下,逗留
〔辨析〕

指某人或某物仍留在原处。

〔例证〕

I remained in Chicago until June.

我在芝加哥一直呆到6月。

The police told everybody to remain in their cars.

警察叫大家都留在车里。

He was allowed to remain there.

他获准留在那里。

相关例句:

North and South will remain separate entities within a commonwealth until the year 2000.

南方和北方将作为一个政治联合体下的两个独立实体继续存在,直至2000年。

Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg.

除非这些问题得到解决,否则该地区会一直是个火药桶。

The wider problem remains

更普遍的问题仍未解决。

Many of the differences in everyday life remain

日常生活中的许多差异仍然存在。

This visit will always remain in my memory.

这次访问将永远留在我的记忆中。

From time to time, James remained at home with his family.

詹姆斯偶尔留在家里陪家人。