remainder, surplus, rest, remains, balance

名詞 remainder:

1. something left after other parts have been taken away
   同義詞：balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
2. the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
3. the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
   同義詞：difference
4. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
   同義詞：end, remnant, oddment

動詞 remainder:

1. sell cheaply as remainders

1. Nine people came in and the reminder stayed outside.
   9個人進來，余下的人留在外面。
2. He spent the remainder of his life in the country.
   他在鄉(xiāng)村度過余生。

re.main.der

n.（名詞）
Something left over after other parts have been taken away.
剩余，存余者：其他部分被拿走之后遺留下來的東西
Mathematics
【數(shù)學】
The number left over when one integer is divided by another. The remainder plus the product of the quotient times the divisor equals the dividend.
余數(shù)：被除以除數(shù)之后的余數(shù)。余項加上商和除數(shù)的積等于被除數(shù)
The number obtained when one number is subtracted from another; the difference.
差數(shù)：一個數(shù)減去另一個數(shù)后得到的數(shù)；差值
Law An estate in land that is conveyed only after the termination of a preceding estate created at the same time.
【法律】 剩余權利，殘留權：在同時產(chǎn)生的以前地產(chǎn)的終止之后才能轉讓的地產(chǎn)
A book that remains with a publisher after sales have fallen off, usually sold at a reduced price.
滯銷的存書：在銷售下降之后仍然留在出版商手中的書，通常削價出售
v.tr.（及物動詞）
re.main.dered,re.main.der.ing,re.main.ders
To dispose of as a remainder.
以庫存書處理

來源：
Middle English [second party`s right of ownership]
中古英語 [第二政黨的所有權]
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法語
from remeindre [to remain]
源自 remeindre [剩余]
variant of Old French remaindre, remainer * see remain
古法語 remaindre的變體, remainer *參見 remain

<參考詞匯><同義詞>remainder,rest,balance,residue,residuum,remnant,leavings,remainsThese nouns are compared as they denote what is left after a part has been used or subtracted.
這些名詞在指一部分被用掉或減去后留下的東西時，通常進行相互比較。
Remainder andrest, used interchangeably, are the least specific:
Remainder 和rest 可相互換用， 它們是最不具體的詞：
例句：
ate some of the candy and gave the remainder (or rest ) away;
吃了一些糖然后把剩下的給她（或者 rest ) ；

例句：
will spend the remainder (or rest ) of the day relaxing.
要輕松地度過一天中剩下的時光（或者 rest ) 。

Balance, which often specifically refers to an amount of money left in a bank account after withdrawals and to an unpaid amount due on a charge account,in its general sense is synonymous withremainder and rest :
Balance 經(jīng)常具體地指銀行戶頭中提取錢款后剩余的并留給應付款收費帳號的錢，在這個意義上和remainder 和 rest 是同義詞：
例句：
A few discriminating listeners heard the flaws in the performance;
一些有分辨能力的聽眾聽出了演出中的瑕疵；

例句：
the balance of the audience cheered.
其余的觀眾歡呼起來 。

Residue andresiduum refer especially to what is left after something has undergone dissolution, depletion, or diminution:
Residue 和residuum 特指某物經(jīng)歷了溶解、損耗或縮減之后剩下的東西：
例句：
.The residue of the conquered people fled. (Daniel Defoe).
.被征服民族的剩余都逃走了. （丹尼爾·笛福）。

例句：
.After elimination of all verbiage, this fact was the only residuum. (John Lothrop Motley).
.在剔除所有的贅語之后，剩下的就只有這個事實了. （約翰·洛斯魯普·穆特利）。

Remnant denotes a small piece or quantity remaining after the major part has been used:
Remnant 暗指主要部分被用掉之后遺留下來的小片或很少的數(shù)量：
例句：
.The sum exceeded the remnant of his savings. (Samuel Butler).
.這個數(shù)目超過了他剩余的積蓄. （塞繆爾·巴特勒）。

例句：
.I saw his brindled cow feeding on fish remnants. (Herman Melville).
.我看見他的 用魚雜碎喂養(yǎng)的斑紋奶牛. （海爾曼·梅爾維爾）。

Leavings are the culls remaining after what is valuable has been taken away:
Leavings 指有價值的東西被拿走之后剩下的劣質品：
例句：
The untouched leavings from the banquet made a fine meal for the kitchen staff. Althoughremains often specifically refers to a corpse, it also applies to remnants, fragments, and relics, as of times past:
宴會中留下來未動的菜肴成了廚房人員的美餐。 雖然remains 常具體指一具尸體， 但同時它也指過去歲月的殘留、碎片或遺跡：

例句：
fossil remains;
化石遺跡；

例句：
remains of an ancient Greek temple;
古希臘廟宇的遺跡；

例句：
dispose of the remains of dinner.
處理晚飯的殘跡