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lie

lie
[英] [lai] [美] [lai] 生词本

vi.

n.

  • 易混淆的单词：LIE  Lie  

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1. VERB 躺；平卧 If you are lying somewhere, you are in a horizontal position and are not standing or sitting. 

  • There was a child lying on the ground...

    地上躺着一个小孩。

  • The injured man was lying motionless on his back...

    那名受伤的男子一动不动地仰面躺在那里。

  • He lay awake watching her for a long time.

    他睁着眼躺在那里看她看了很长时间。

2. VERB 被平放 If an object lies in a particular place, it is in a flat position in that place. 

  • ...a newspaper lying on a nearby couch...

    放在旁边沙发上的一张报纸

  • Broken glass lay scattered on the carpet.

    碎玻璃散落在地毯上。

  • ...a two-page memo lying unread on his desk.

    一份两页的备忘录放在他桌子上，还没看过

3. VERB （某处）位于（某个位置或方向） If you say that a place lies in a particular position or direction, you mean that it is situated there. 

  • The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain.

    这些岛屿位于千岛群岛的南端。

4. V-LINK 处于…状态 You can use lie to say that something is or remains in a particular state or condition. For example, if something lies forgotten, it has been and remains forgotten. 

  • She turned back to the Bible lying open in her lap...

    她将注意力又转回到摊放在腿上的《圣经》。

  • The picture lay hidden in the archives for over 40 years...

    这张照片在档案室中藏了40多年。

  • His country's economy lies in ruins.

    他的国家的经济崩溃了。

5. VERB （比赛等中）排名，占名次 You can use lie to say what position a competitor or team is in during a competition. 

  • I was going well and was lying fourth...

    我当时发挥不错，排在第四。

  • Blyth Tait is lying in second place.

    布莱思·泰特目前名列第二。

6. VERB （问题、解决方法、过错等）存在，在于 You can talk about where something such as a problem, solution, or fault lies to say what you think it consists of, involves, or is caused by. 

  • The problem lay in the large amounts spent on defence...

    问题在于防务方面耗资巨大。

  • They will only assume that, as a woman, the fault lies with me...

    他们只会假定是我出了错，因为我是女人。

  • He realised his future lay elsewhere...

    他意识到他的未来不在这里。

7. VERB （尤指不快或困难之事）将发生，在等待 You use lie in expressions such as lie ahead ,lie in store, and lie in wait when you are talking about what someone is going to experience in the future, especially when it is something unpleasant or difficult. 

  • She'd need all her strength and bravery to cope with what lay in store...

    她需要所有的力量与勇气去应付将会出现的问题。

  • The President's most serious challenges lie ahead.

    对总统来说最为严重的挑战还在后面。

8. VERB （尤用于墓碑上的文字中）长眠 Lie is used in formal English, especially on gravestones, to say that a dead person is buried in a particular place. 

  • The inscription reads: Here lies Catin, the son of Magarus...

    碑文写着：马格勒斯之子卡廷长眠于此。

  • My father lies in the small cemetery a few miles up this road.

    我父亲葬在沿这条路往北几英里处的一个小公墓里。

9. VERB （光、云、雾等）存在，展现 If you say that light, clouds, or fog lie somewhere, you mean that they exist there or are spread over the area mentioned. 

  • It had been wet overnight, and a morning mist lay on the field.

    前一天晚上下了雨，田野上笼着一层晨雾。

10. N-SING 位置；状态 The lie of an object or area is its position or the way that it is arranged. 

  • The actual site of a city is determined by the natural lie of the land.

    城市的实际选址取决于这片土地的自然状况。

11.   to let sleeping dogs lie→see: dog;  to lie in state→see: state;  to take something lying down→see: take; 
Usage Note :

Do not confuse the verb lie with the verb lay. Because lay is used to talk about putting something in a particular place or position, it is related to the verb lie. If someone lays something somewhere, it lies there. The past tense of lie is lay and the past participle is lain. It is an intransitive verb. I lay on the floor with my legs in the air. However, lay, whose past tense and past participle are both laid, is usually a transitive verb. They laid him on the floor.

不要混淆lie与lay这两个动词的用法。lay表示将某物放在某处或某个位置，意义上与动词lie有相关之处。某人将某物放（lay）在某处，那该物就放（lie）在那里。lie的过去式是lay，过去分词是lain，为不及物动词，如：I lay on the floor with my legs in the air（我躺在地上，双腿抬起）。而lay的过去式和过去分词均为laid，通常作及物动词，如：They laid him on the floor（他们把他放在地上）。

相关词组：
lie around  lie back  lie behind  lie down 
Noun

1. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

2. position or manner in which something is situated

Verb

1. be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

2. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position;

  • "The sick man lay in bed all day"
  • "the books are lying on the shelf"

3. originate (in);

  • "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

4. be and remain in a particular state or condition;

  • "lie dormant"

5. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive;

  • "Don't lie to your parents"
  • "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

6. have a place in relation to something else;

  • "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"
  • "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

7. assume a reclining position;

  • "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

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1. A lie is as much a lie,when it is whispered or when it is proclaimed at the market cross.
不管是小声低语还是在市场门口大声叫喊，谎言终归是谎言。

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2. Some difficulties lie behind us, but greater ones lie ahead.
有些困难已经克服了，但更多困难还在前面。

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3. A fit of dizziness came over her so she had to lie down.
她突然感到头晕，不得不躺下来。

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4. A half truth is often no better than a lie.
半真半假的话不见得比说谎要好。

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5. A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
真假参半的谎言最险恶。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6. A lot of motels lie beside the turnpike.
很多汽车旅馆都位于付费公路旁边。

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7. A lot of national parks lie in the areas inhabited by minority nationality people.
许多国家公园都位于少数民族聚居的地方。

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8. All the motels lie beside the road.
所有的汽车旅馆都位于公路旁边。

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9. All their hopes lie in him.
他们把所有希望都寄托在他身上。

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10. An old man spread his coat on the floor and insisted that I lie down for a while.
一位老者把大衣铺在地上，一定要我在上面躺一会儿。

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11. An old worker spread his padded coat on the floor and insisted that I lie down for a while.
一位老工人把大衣铺在地上，一定要我在上面躺一会儿。

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12. Don't let state funds lie idle.
不要积压国家资金。

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13. Don't lie to me.
不要对我撒谎。

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14. Don't lie to me.You know damn well what was happening.
别瞒我了，你压根就很清楚发生了什么事。

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15. Economic conditions may lie responsible for the creation of social unrest.
经济状况可能是产生社会不安的根源。

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16. Facts once again give the lie to the fallacy.
事实再一次揭穿了这一谎言。

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17. Get a pad to lie on.
拿一个垫子来躺在上面。

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18. He broke his leg and had to lie all the time.
他折断了腿，不得不总是躺着。

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19. He could not lie still, but rampaged up and down his bedroom.
他不能静静地躺着，而在卧室里冲来撞去。

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20. He has never yet told a lie.
他还从来没撒过谎。

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