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

    e.g. There was a child lying on the ground...
           地上躺著一個小孩。
    e.g. The injured man was lying motionless on his back...
           那名受傷的男子一動不動地仰面躺在那里。

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

    e.g. ...a newspaper lying on a nearby couch...
           放在旁邊沙發(fā)上的一張報紙
    e.g. Broken glass lay scattered on the carpet.
           碎玻璃散落在地毯上。

3. （某處）位于（某個位置或方向）
    If you say that a place lies in a particular position or direction, you mean that it is situated there.

lie

    e.g. The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain.
           這些島嶼位于千島群島的南端。

4. 處于…狀態(tài)
    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.

    e.g. She turned back to the Bible lying open in her lap...
           她將注意力又轉(zhuǎn)回到攤放在腿上的《圣經(jīng)》。
    e.g. The picture lay hidden in the archives for over 40 years...
           這張照片在檔案室中藏了40多年。

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

    e.g. I was going well and was lying fourth...
           我當時發(fā)揮不錯，排在第四。
    e.g. Blyth Tait is lying in second place.
           布萊思·泰特目前名列第二。

6. （問題、解決方法、過錯等）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.

    e.g. The problem lay in the large amounts spent on defence...
           問題在于防務(wù)方面耗資巨大。
    e.g. They will only assume that, as a woman, the fault lies with me...
           他們只會假定是我出了錯，因為我是女人。

7. （尤指不快或困難之事）將發(fā)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.

    e.g. She'd need all her strength and bravery to cope with what lay in store...
           她需要所有的力量與勇氣去應(yīng)付將會出現(xiàn)的問題。
    e.g. The President's most serious challenges lie ahead.
           對總統(tǒng)來說最為嚴重的挑戰(zhàn)還在后面。

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

    e.g. The inscription reads: Here lies Catin, the son of Magarus...
           碑文寫著：馬格勒斯之子卡廷長眠于此。
    e.g. My father lies in the small cemetery a few miles up this road.
           我父親葬在沿這條路往北幾英里處的一個小公墓里。

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

lie在線翻譯

    e.g. It had been wet overnight, and a morning mist lay on the field.
           前一天晚上下了雨，田野上籠著一層晨霧。

10. 位置；狀態(tài)
    The lie of an object or area is its position or the way that it is arranged.

    e.g. The actual site of a city is determined by the natural lie of the land.
           城市的實際選址取決于這片土地的自然狀況。

11. to let sleeping dogs lie -> see dog
      to lie in state -> see state
      to take something lying down -> see take

相關(guān)詞組：lie aroundlie backlie behindlie down

1. 謊言；假話
    A lie is something that someone says or writes which they know is untrue.

    e.g. 'Who else do you work for?' — 'No one.' — 'That's a lie.'...
           “你還為誰賣命？”——“沒有誰?！薄澳闳鲋e?！?br />    e.g. I've had enough of your lies...
           我已經(jīng)聽夠了你的謊言。

2. 說謊；騙人
    If someone is lying, they are saying something which they know is not true.

    e.g. I know he's lying...
           我知道他在說謊。
    e.g. If asked, he lies about his age...
           有人問起時，他就會謊報年齡。

3. （事物）造成假象，不可靠
    If you say that something lies, you mean that it does not express or represent something accurately.

    e.g. The camera can sometimes lie.
           照相機拍出的照片有時也未必可靠。

4. see also: lying

5. 戳穿；揭穿；證明…不實
    If something gives the lie to a statement, claim, or theory, it suggests or proves that it is not true.

    e.g. This survey gives the lie to the idea that Britain is moving towards economic recovery.
           這項調(diào)查顯示英國經(jīng)濟正在復(fù)蘇的想法是失實的。

6. 虛偽地生活；活在謊言之中
    If you say that someone is living a lie, you mean that in every part of their life they are hiding the truth about themselves from other people.

    e.g. My mother never told my father the truth about me. We've been living a lie all this time.
           母親從來沒告訴父親我的真實身世。一直以來我們都活在謊言之中。

7. （用于糾正口誤）不對，我說錯了
    People sometimes say 'I tell a lie' when they have just made a mistake in something that they are saying and immediately correct it.

    e.g. It is the first scene of the play chronologically. I tell a lie, it's actually strictly speaking the second scene.
           從時間順序上來看這是整個劇的第一場。不對，嚴格說來實際上是第二場。