汉译英常见错误 | 树上还剩几朵花

[译] 树上还剩几朵花。
[误] There are a few flowers remained on the tree.

[正] There are a few flowers remaining on the tree.
[注] remain 表示“剩下”时,是不及物动词,因此 remain 在句中作定语时,也必须用现在分词充当,而且放在所修饰词的后面。该句中 remaining 放在了 flowers 的后面,是 there be 结构的习惯用法。