留下( remain的过去式和过去分词 );保持;留待;仍然是;

这两个词都有“留下,逗留”之意,它们的区别是:
stay通常指在某地呆一段时间而不离开,或暂时留〔住〕在某地,尤指以宾客身份逗留; 而remain则指别人已经走了,而某人仍在原地。例如:
He was staying at his father's.他在父亲家里暂住。
这些动词均有“停留,逗留”之意。
remain指某人或某物仍留在原处或保持原来的状态。
linger着重因愉快的事而使人不愿离开。
stay普通用词,多指人在某地暂时逗留。有时可指较长时间的居留。
The temperature remained constant while pressure was a variable in the experiment.
做这实验时温度保持不变,但压力可变。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Some members of the family may remain unaffected by the disease.
这家里有的人可能不会受到这种疾病的影响。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》The area has remained relatively untouched by commercial development.
相对而言,这个地区至今没有受到商业开发的影响。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》During the turmoil in the foreign-exchange markets the guilder remained strong.
荷兰盾在外汇交易市场的动荡中保持坚挺。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Into her nineties, her thinking remained acute and her character forceful.
虽已年届九旬,她依然头脑敏锐,个性很强。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The bridge will remain closed until essential repair work has been carried out.
在基本修缮工作完成之前,这座桥暂时关闭。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》He remained for some years avowedly radical in his political outlook.
他多年来保持公然激进的政治观。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》This site remained undiscovered, though long sought, until recent times.
虽经长期寻找,但该遗址直到最近才被发现。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》She was put under house arrest two years ago but remained a powerful symbol in last year's election.
虽然两年前就已遭软禁,她在去年的选举中仍然是势力强大的代表人物。
来源:柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典But after nearly a week of deliberations, the jury remained deadlocked.
但是经过近一周的审议,陪审团仍然僵持不下。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》He remained in nominal control of the business for another ten years.
他名义上又掌管了这家公司十年。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》He remained in a critical condition after suffering heart failure.
他发生心力衰竭后病情一直危重。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》It remained an exceptionally rare book until it was reprinted in 1918.
在1918年再版之前,这本书一直非常罕见。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》He will remain manager of the club until the end of his contract.
他将继续担任俱乐部经理,直至合同期满。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
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