英语单词remain和stay的区别

remain是高中英语中的一个重要词汇,高考曾多次考查过remain的用法,但其仍不失为高考重点“嫌疑”单词,下面举例说明其用法。供同学们参考。

(1)remain r—continue to be继续存在;be still present after a part

has gone or has been taken a away 剩下;遗留

e.g.①Country music today remains much the same as before.

今日的乡村音乐仍然同过去的差不多完全一样。

②The door remained closed.门仍然是关闭的。

③Much work remains to be done.还有许多工作要做。

④You may have all those that remain.你可以把剩下的那些全拿走。

note:remain与stay两词的相同点与不同点

1)remain与stay作“留下”、“继续保持某一状态”时，它们常作系动词用，可以互换。

e.g.①The shop stays(remains)open till night.这家店铺一直营业到晚上。

②He stayed(remained)outside while we entered the room.(他留在外面，我们进了屋子。)

2)当表示“剩下”(即其余的一切都拿走、除去、破坏等)时，通常只用remain而不用stay。

e.g.①After the earthquake(地震)very little remained of the city of Tang Shan( 一场地震以后，唐山这座城市所剩无几。)

②If you take 5 from 20,15 remains.从20中去5，剩余15。

3)当表示“在某处或在某处住下”时，通常用stay,不用 remain。

wants to stay with a friend in the country.他想住在乡下朋友那里。

4)两者在含义上的区别是remain着重指在别人已离去或事情有变动后，仍“继续停留”或保持原来状态、关系、行动等。主语可以是人，也可以是物，而stay的主语通常是人，仅指“停留”、“逗留”。

e.g.①My father will stay home this week.这星期我父亲将一直留在家里。

②When the others had gone,he remained and put back the chairs.(别人离去后，他留下来，把椅子放回原处。)

Also:remain n.—() what is left(常用复数)所剩下或遗留者

remains of the meal are (is) in the refrigerator(电冰箱)。剩下的饭在电冰箱里。

(2)appear v.—become visible出现、显现，seem似乎、好像

e.g.①A lot of them appear on television,too.他们中许多人还上了电视。

②He appears old.他看来老了。

note:appears与seem,look的相同点和不同点

1)appear与look一样，都凭视觉的印象而产生一种看法，但这种看法可能与实际不相符合。另外appear和seem要跟that从句或动词不定式，而look不能。

e.g.①He appears to have understood me.他似乎理解了我。

②She didn’t seem to have changed much.她看起来没有多大变化。

③It appears that we must go.好像我们该走了。

2)look和seem可跟as if从句而appear不能，另外seem和look可与like连用。

e.g.①It looked as if it was going to snow.看起来天好像是要下雪。

②It seems as if he were in a dream.看起来他好像是在做梦。

③It seems that the report is true.这报道好像是真的。

④It seems like yesterday.这仿佛是昨天的事似的。

⑤I well remember what the place looked like in 1949.(我还清楚记得这地方1949年是什么样子。)

(3)value n.(u)—worth of something in terms of money or other goods for

which it can be exchanged 价格，交换力，购买力

e.g.①He placed a value on the house.他对这房子作了一个估价。

②His advice is of great value.他的劝告很重要。

note:value与price、cost和worth的相同与不同

1)这三个词均有“价值”、“价”的含义。

2)value常指物的本身的价值，有时也被用作市价或交换价值。在这种意义上，一物的value常以人的主观见解的改变而改变。

3)price指买者对于物品所要求的价钱。

4)cost指对物所付的代价。包括物的发现、产出、制造、装修、搬运及其它使此物变成现状时所花去的一切费用。通常物的“price”高于“cost”。

5)worth指物的本来的价值，属永久的和不变的东西。

例如：绘画的worth常是同一的。而它的value却依人们的嗜好或时代不同而不同。

e.g.①What‘s the price of rice?大米的价钱是多少?

②The cost of living is much higher now than it was.(现在的生活费用比以前高多了。)

③How much is it worth?=(What is it worth?)这值多少钱?

6)“价值高或低”只能说a high(low)price或something is expensive(cheap)。

7)“无论花多大的代价”，可以说at any price或at all(any)costs。

must drive out the enemy at all costs.(我们不惜任何代价要把敌人赶出去。)

(4)make fun of—cause people to laugh at嘲笑、取笑

e.g.①Those songs often made fun of them.那些歌曲常常是嘲笑他们的。

②It is wrong to make fun of a blind man.嘲笑一个盲人是不对的。

　　2.知识点测试

( )(1)What are you going to do for the_______sports meet?

come　 ng　 ing　 hold

( )(2)None of them has_______her arrival.

d　 d from　 of　 d of

( )(3)He is________a student.

more　 any more　 longer　 any long

( )(4)So far,the work_______easy.

been　 　 been　

( )(5)She is the only one of the teachers_______Shanghai.

are in　 is from　 come from　 are of

( )(6)The thief broke into her didn’t_______come for the money,______for her gold watch.

A./,but　 ,but　 ,and　 D./,or

( )(7)The liquid became a little__________and__________.

k and thick　　　 and much

and more　　　　 ker and thicker

( )(8)“Did you_______the terrible sound?”“No,I was_______a talk then.”

en,hearing　　　　 ,hearing

of,listening to　 ,listening to

( )(9)I‘m too tired.I________to have a rest.

A.’d like　 B.‘d better　 　 D.’d rather

( )(10)I__________Mr Jackson every month.

from　 of　 about　

( )(11)________is the price of the car?

many　 　 　 money

( )(12)__________do these bananas cost?

money　 many　 many money　 much

( )(13)don‘t know if you “Didn’t you have a wonderful time?”

It means_____.A.I have a wonderful time______,from the other.

　 　 ver　

　　3.语法—the past perfect tense(过去完成时)

1)过去完成时由“had+过去分词”构成，过去完成时的动作表示过去某一时刻或某一动作之前完成的动作状态。句中常用by,before,until,when等词引导的时间状语。

e.g.①By the end of last year we had built five new house.到去年底为止我们已建了五座新房子了。

②I had learnt 3000 words before I entered the university.在我上大学前，我已学了3000个生词了。

2)过去完成时的动词还可表示过去某一时刻之前发生的动作或状态持续到过去某个时间或持续下去。

　　4.语法练习：

(　 )(1)The police found that the house_______and a lot of things_________.

broken into,has been stolen　 broken into,had been stolen

been broken into,stolen　　 been broken into,stolen

(　 )(2)By the end of this century,we__ours into a strong modern country.

build　 built　 built　 have built

(　 )(3)We_________the work by six yesterday evening.

shed　 d finish　 finished　 been finished

(　 )(4)I_________to help you but couldn‘t get here in time.

wanted　 wanted　 wanting

(　 )(5)Mrs Wu told me that her sister___________.

about two hours before　 d leave about two hours before

left about two hours ago left about two hours before

(　 )(6)When I reached home,my parents__________their supper.

having　 already had had already had

(　 )(7)It seems that the old man_________something important.

lost lost　 　 d lose

(　 )(8)She__________in this school________the past ten years.

teaching,since　 been teaching,since

d teach,for　 been teaching,for

(　 )(9)Did you see Xiao Li at the party?No,______by the time I arrived.

’d left ‘s left was left must leave

(　 )(10)The job proved to be much more difficult than I______.

ct cted d expect expected

(　 )(11)We couldn’t catch up with the others because they ______too long before us.

ted starting started　 started

(　 )(12)She felt anxious about her son as she________for quite a long time.

n‘t heard him　 ’t heard him

n‘t heard from him　 ’t heard from him

(　 )(13)By the time the speaker entered the hall,all the listeners_______.

seated seated ed seating

(　 )(14)By the end of next July this building__________.

be finished　　 have finished

have been finished been finished

(　 )(15)By the time the war____,most of the people had left.

began broken out e out been broken out

(　 )(16)If she______harder,she would have succeeded.

worked worked ld work ed

(　 )(17)I wish______I you yesterday.

see seen to see

(　 )(18)He is talking so much about America as if he_______there.

been been

(　 )(19)That dinner was the most expensive meal we___.

d have had never had ever had

(　 )(20)When Jack arrived he learned Mary______for almost an hour.

gone set of left been away