4V-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. 处于…状态
She turned back to the Bible lying open in her lap. [VERB adj.ive]
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. [VERB adj.ive]
这张照片在档案室中藏了40多年。
His country's economy lies in ruins. [VERB prep.]
他的国家的经济崩溃了。
5VERB (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. (比赛等中)排名,占名次 [mainly British]
I was going well and was lying fourth. [V ord]
我当时发挥不错,排在第四。
Blyth Tait is lying in second place. [VERB + in]
布莱思·泰特目前名列第二。
6VERB (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. (问题、解决方法、过错等)存在,在于
The problem lay in the large amounts spent on defence. [VERB prep./adv.]
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. [VERB prep./adv.]
他们只会假定是我出了错,因为我是女人。
He realised his future lay elsewhere. [VERB prep./adv.]
他意识到他的未来不在这里。
We must be clear about where the responsibility lies. [VERB prep./adv.]
7VERB (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. (尤指不快或困难之事)将发生,在等待
She'd need all her strength and bravery to cope with what lay in store. [VERB prep./adv.]
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. [VERB prep./adv.]
对总统来说最为严重的挑战还在后面。
8VERB (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. (尤用于墓碑上的文字中)长眠
The inscription reads: Here lies Catin, the son of Magarus. [VERB prep./adv.]
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. [VERB prep./adv.]
9VERB (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. (光、云、雾等)存在,展现 [literary]
It had been wet overnight, and a morning mist lay on the field. [VERB prep./adv.]
前一天晚上下了雨,田野上笼着一层晨雾。
10N-SING [with supplement, oft NOUNof n]位置;状态 The lie of an object or area is its position or the way that it is arranged. 位置;状态
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)。
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear itWilliam JamesVarieties of Religious Experience
Whoever would lie usefully should lie seldomLord HerveyMemoirs of the Reign of George II
The lie in the soul is a true lieBenjamin JowettIntroduction to his translation of Plato's Republic
I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lieGeorge Washington
The broad mass of a nation.... will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small oneAdolf HitlerMein Kampf
Every word she writes is a lie, including `and' and `the'Mary McCarthy (on Lillian Hellman)
It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truthSir Robert Armstrong (during the `Spycatcher' trial)
A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lieC.E. MontagueDisenchantment
Usage
Usage
lie and lay
Lie and lay are often confused. Lie is generally used without an object: Please lie down.Lay usually requires an object: Lay your head on the pillow.
6PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE n]戳穿;揭穿;证明…不实 If something gives the lie to a statement, claim, or theory, it suggests or proves that it is not true. 戳穿;揭穿;证明…不实
This survey gives the lie to the idea that Britain is moving towards economic recovery.
7PHRASE [VERB inflects, usually cont]虚伪地生活;活在谎言之中 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. 虚伪地生活;活在谎言之中
My mother never told my father the truth about me. We've been living a lie all this time.
母亲从来没告诉父亲我的真实身世。一直以来我们都活在谎言之中。
8CONVENTION (用于纠正口误)不对,我说错了 People sometimes say 'I tell a lie' when they have just made a mistake in something that they are saying and immediately correct it. (用于纠正口误)不对,我说错了 [British]
It is the first scene of the play chronologically. I tell a lie, it's actually strictly speaking the second scene.