ADJECTIVE | VERB + REMAINS | REMAINS + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤abundant, considerable, extensive, substantial大量的殘餘;相當多的殘餘物◇abundant remains of marine algae大量的海藻殘餘◇the extensive remains of an Aztec pyramid阿茲特克金字塔的大面積遺址➤impressive給人深刻印象的遺跡➤fragmentary不完整的殘餘➤visible可見的殘餘➤existing, surviving現存的/保存下來的遺跡➤ancient, prehistoric古代/史前遺跡➤Greek, Roman, etc.希臘、羅馬等遺跡➤battered, mangled, shattered, tattered毀壞的殘骸;損毀的殘留物◇the mangled remains of the bomber's van炸彈襲擊者的小貨車的殘骸➤burned, burned-out, charred, cremated, smouldering/smoldering焚燬的遺址;燒焦了的殘餘;悶燃的廢墟➤physical有形遺物➤earthly, human, mortal屍體;人的遺體◇This tomb holds the mortal remains of a great pharaoh.這座墓裏埋葬着一位偉大法老的遺骸。➤animal, archaeological, fossil, fossilized, organic, plant, skeletal動物遺體;考古遺址;化石遺跡;石化的遺物;有機物殘骸;植物殘骸;骨骼殘骸VERB + REMAINS➤discover, find, locate, reveal, uncover, unearth發現遺跡;找到遺留物;挖掘出遺骸◇While excavating the site, workers unearthed the remains of several dinosaurs.在挖土施工時,工人們挖掘出了幾具恐龍遺骸。➤identify識別遺體◇The remains have been identified as those of Carl Rider.遺體被認定是卡爾・賴德的。➤excavate, exhume, recover, remove挖掘遺址;掘出遺體;找回遺體;移走遺體◇They are excavating the remains of an Iron Age settlement.他們正在挖掘一個鐵器時代聚居地的遺址。◇Marie Curie's remains were exhumed and interred in the Pantheon.瑪麗・居里的遺體被移出,歸葬先賢祠。➤examine, study檢查遺體;研究遺跡▸➤bury, inter (formal) 埋葬/掩埋遺體➤preserve保存遺體▸➤dump, scatter, throw丟棄遺體;撒殘餘物➤burn焚燒遺體▸➤feed on以屍體為食◇Gulls often feed on the remains of seal kills.海鷗經常吃剩下的海豹屍體。REMAINS + VERB➤survive遺跡留存下來◇Considerable remains survive of the great city walls.城牆有很大一部份保存了下來。➤lie遺體被埋葬◇Her remains lie in an unmarked grave.她長眠於一塊沒有標記的墓地。➤date from...遺跡追溯到⋯◇The burned-out remains date from the 19th century.焚燬的遺跡是 19 世紀的。PREPOSITION➤among the remains, in the remains在殘餘物中◇The body was found among the remains of a burned-out house.屍體是在一所焚燬房子的廢墟中發現的。