remain, stay
都指“繼續停留”或“繼續保持某種狀態、關係或行動。”
remain 常可與stay 互換,但它強調“繼續停留於一處或保持原狀態、情況性質而不改變”,如:
This place remains cool all summer.
這個地方整個夏天都涼爽。
stay強調“某人[物]繼續留在原地而不離開”,如:
He stayed to see the end of the game.
他一直呆到比賽結束
ability,capacity,faculty,talent,skill,competence,aptitude
These nouns denote the qualities in a person that permit or facilitate achievement or accomplishment.
這些名詞都表示某人具有取得進步或成功的素質。
Ability is the power,mental or physical,to do something:
Ability 是指智力或體力上具有做某事的能力:
“To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient”
(Ihara Saikaku)。
“要致富,光靠能力是不夠的,還得看機遇” (伊哈拉。塞科古)。