remainder常与定冠词the连用，在句中用作主语表示复数意义时，谓语动词要用复数形式。

Twenty of us went to reap wheat and the remainder worked in the cotton fields.我们之中20人去割麦，其余人在棉花田劳动。
Fifteen students in the class are girls and the remainder are boys.班里有15名女学生，其余是男生。

remainder, remains, residue, rest
参见remains条。