Despite centuries of erosion, the ancient stone pillars remain upright, testifying to the builders' remarkable engineering skill.
尽管经历了数个世纪的侵蚀,这些古老的石柱依然挺立,证明了建造者非凡的工程技艺。
A 2021 study on urban heat islands began by presenting temperature data from twelve cities, then devoted its remaining sections to proposing specific policy interventions—reflective pavement, expanded tree canopy, and cool-roof requirements—that city governments could adopt to mitigate the effect.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Economist Aiko Tanaka argues that remote work permanently reduced demand for downtown office space, citing vacancy rates that have remained elevated for years after the initial shift to remote work.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Contrary to the popular image of medieval Europe as uniformly illiterate, recent research into surviving merchant ledgers and personal letters suggests that basic literacy was more widespread among urban tradespeople than previously believed, even if formal, Latin-based scholarly literacy remained rare.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
Which choice best defines “remain”?
D — Stay, continue. “remain” means stay, continue.
Which word means “stay, continue”?
A — remain. “remain” means stay, continue.
remain — stay, continue. In Chinese: 保持,剩下.
remain is pronounced /rɪˈmeɪn/.
Despite centuries of erosion, the ancient stone pillars remain upright, testifying to the builders' remarkable engineering skill. (尽管经历了数个世纪的侵蚀,这些古老的石柱依然挺立,证明了建造者非凡的工程技艺。)
stay, continue, persist — all close in meaning to remain (stay, continue).
leave, depart — each the opposite of remain (stay, continue).
Yes. remain is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
re(again)+main(remain).