He embraced and kissed it,but it remains a statue.

Offering rich sacrifice and sending up a passionate prayer.

He begged the goddess to give him a wife as graceful as Galatea.

他拥抱并亲吻它，但它仍然是一尊雕像。

提供丰富的祭品并发出热情的祈祷。

他恳求女神给他一个像加拉提亚一样优雅的妻子。

embrace vt. 拥抱；vi. 拥抱n. 拥抱

remain vi. 保持；依然；留下；剩余；逗留；残存n. 遗迹；剩余物，残骸

1.作连系动词，后面加名词，形容词，分词作表语，表示“仍然，依旧”

Eg:Wherever you are in future,you should remain modest.

Eg:As no clues have been found,his death remains a mystery.

2.不及物动词，单独使用，表示“剩下，剩余”

Eg:She took everything from me,Nothing remained.

后接介词短语/副词，表示“停下，停留”

Eg:They all left,but I remained in the room.

后接不定式，表示“留待以后去做，去看，去说”

Eg:It remains to be seen whether you are right.

remains 残骸，残余物，剩余物，剩饭菜leftover，古迹historic site，遗迹historical remains，遗骸

remainder 剩下的人或物

remaining adj剩余的，剩下的