Heatewhathecould,andgavethe--ofthefoodtothebirds.A.leftB.remain为什么不选B呢?rest和remain做剩余部分讲的时候有什么区别?remain有名词意思，残羹剩饭可以说theremainsofthemeal

Question

He ate what he could,and gave the --of the food to the birds.
A.left B.remain
为什么不选B呢?rest 和 remain做剩余部分讲的时候有什么区别?
remain有名词意思，残羹剩饭可以说the remains of the meal

Answer 1

问题补充：
remain有名词意思,残羹剩饭可以说the remains of the meal
至于这个:
The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.
残羹剩饭喂狗了.
其实例题前面还有一句
He ate what he could,and gave the
强调一个对比,他吃一部分,其余的,
而the remains of the meal,是以前吃的饭,剩下的,意思是有偏差的.
题中的并不应该译成,剩饭之类.
应该说是:另一部分,更好些.
remain [ri'mein] n.遗迹；剩余物,残骸
虽然意思差不多,但后面跟of 结构,表示的意思是有偏差的.与你想的不一样..
remain of
从…留下；剩下：例句:What would remain of the little village if the war went on for another year?
如果战争再接着打一年,这个小村庄还会留下点什么呢?
These walls are all that remain of the ancient city.
这些墙是这座古城所残存下来的全部.
the rest of：剩余的；剩下的；其余的人；其余的
Yet finance makes the rest of the economy work.
但是,金融使其他经济系统正常运转.
But the rest of the chessboards are still gridlocked.
但是其他的棋盘还都仍处于僵局中.
He communicated the disease to the rest of his family.
他把这疾病传染给了家里的其他人.
如果用remain
gave the remaining food
The boy ate up the remaining food.
这个男孩把剩下的食物全吃了.
The remaining food belongs to you.
剩下的食物归你.
He parceled out the remaining food to the workers.
他将剩余的食物分给工人.