Remainder Number Things Divide Book Remaindered Noun Singular
The word 'remainder' refers to the part that is left over, the leftover item or person, or the amount left after division in arithmetic. It can also be used as a verb meaning to sell books cheaply due to lack of sales.
[QUANT 数量词]剩余部分;剩余物;余下的人(或物)The remainder of a group are the things or people that still remain after the other things or people have gone or have been dealt with.
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He gulped down the remainder of his coffee...
他把剩下的咖啡一口气喝了下去。
I spent the remainder of the day feeling terrible.
我那天余下的时间里心情都很糟糕。
Remainder is also a pronoun.
Only 5.9 per cent of the area is now covered in trees. Most of the remainder is farmland...
这个地区的树木覆盖率只有5.9%。其他多数地方都是农田。
Of the 59 committee members, 40 were against legalisation, 13 were in favour and the remainder were undecided.
在59个委员会委员中,有40人反对这项法案,13人赞成,其余的尚未表明态度。
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[N-SING 单数名词](算术中的)余数 In arithmetic, the remainder is the amount that remains when one amount cannot be exactly divided by another. For example, if you divide 22 by 7, the answer is 3 and the remainder is 1.
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[VERB 动词](因为滞销而)廉价出售(图书) If a book is remaindered, it is sold at a reduced price because it has not been selling very well and will not be published again.
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It failed to sell and was soon remaindered.
此书销量不好,很快就被廉价处理了。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]廉价销售的书 A remainder is a book that has been remaindered.
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re·main·der/rɪˈmeɪndə(r); NAmErɪˈmeɪndər/
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remainderremaindersremainderedremainderingnoun1(usuallythe remainder )[singular + singular or plural verb ]the remaining people, things or time 其他人员;剩余物;剩余时间SYN
the rest
◆I kept some of his books and gave away the remainder.我保留了一些他的书,其他的都送人了。HELPWhen the remainderrefers to a plural noun, the verb is plural. *remainder 作复数名词时,动词用复数 ◆Most of our employees work in New York; the remainder are in London.2[countable , usually singular ]( mathematics 数) the numbers left after one number has been subtractedfrom another, or one number has been spanided into another 差数;余数◆Divide 2 into 7, and the answer is 3, remainder 1.*7 除以 2,商 3 余 1。 ☞compare
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3[countable ]a book that has been remaindered廉价出售的图书;滞销图书verb[intransitive , transitive, usually passive ]remainder(sth) to sell books at a reduced price 廉价出售(书)re·main·der/rɪˈmeɪndə(r); NAmErɪˈmeɪndər/
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remainderre‧main‧der /rɪˈmeɪndə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun
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1the remainder the part of something that is left after everything else has gone or been dealt withSYN the rest: The remainder must be paid by the end of June.remainder of He spent the remainder of his police career behind a desk.2[countable]a)the number you get when you subtract one number from another numberb)the number that is left when you divide one number by another number: Fifteen divided by four gives you a remainder of 3.