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lie v.躺下；位于；在于；平放；存在；延伸；说谎n.谎言 (1) 如果你感到不舒服，就去躺下。(2) 我的家乡位于一个隐蔽的山谷里。(3) 根本出路在于改革开放。(4) 小说平放在桌子上。(5) 真理存在两个极端之间。(6) 我发誓从今以后再也不向你说谎话。(7) 他因欺骗、撒谎而损害了自己的人格。 If we leave aside the lie that is an untruth, most meanings of lie are related. If something lies ahead of us, then it's there, down the road, waiting for us. If mountains lie to the east, we can think of them as having settled down there. If something lies unused, it is just sort of left to lie on the shelf (or wherever). If you let a sleeping dog lie, you're just letting him be right where he is — in the same position.

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英 [laɪ] 美 [laɪ] (1) If you feel unwell, go and lie down.(2) My home town lies low in a hidden valley.(3) The fundamental way out lies in reform and openness.(4) The novel is lying on the table.(5) The truth lies between two extremes.(6) I promise never to lie to you from now on.(7) He degraded himself by cheating and telling lies. When you don't tell the truth, you lie. You also lie down when you're sleepy and wonder what lies ahead of you. 1. POSITION OR SITUATION 位置；情形2. THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE 不实之事Part-11[VERB 动词]躺；平卧 If you are lying somewhere, you are in a horizontal position and are not standing or sitting.   [V prep/adv]  [V adj]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 动词]被平放 If an object lies in a particular place, it is in a flat position in that place.   [V prep/adv]  [V adj]...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 动词]（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.   [V prep/adv]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 连系动词]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.   [V adj]  [V prep]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 动词]（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.   [V ord]  [V in n]  [mainly BRIT 主英]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 动词]（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.   [V prep/adv]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。We must be clear about where the responsibility lies.我们必须清楚责任所在。7[VERB 动词]（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.   [V prep/adv]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 动词]（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.   [V prep/adv]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 动词]（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.   [V prep/adv]  [LITERARY 文]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 单数名词]位置；状态 The lie of an object or area is its position or the way that it is arranged.   [with supp]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 Part-21[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:white lie；谎言；假话 A lie is something that someone says or writes which they know is untrue. 'Who else do you work for?' — 'No one.' — 'That's a lie.'...“你还为谁卖命？”——“没有谁。”——“你撒谎。”I've  had enough of your lies...我已经听够了你的谎言。All the boys told lies about their adventures.所有这些男孩谈论他们的冒险经历时都没说实话。2[VERB 动词]说谎；骗人 If someone is lying, they are saying something which they know is not true.   [V]  [V about n]  [V to n]  [V-ing]I know he's lying...我知道他在说谎。If asked, he lies about his age...有人问起时，他就会谎报年龄。She lied to her husband so she could meet her lover...她对丈夫撒了谎，好与情人幽会。He reportedly called her 'a lying little twit'.据说他称她是“满嘴谎话的可恶白痴”。lyingLying is something that I will not tolerate.我绝对不能容忍撒谎这样的行为。3[VERB 动词]（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.   [V]The camera can sometimes lie.照相机拍出的照片有时也未必可靠。4See also:lying；  5[PHRASE 短语]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.   [V inflects]This survey gives the lie to the idea that Britain is moving towards economic recovery.这项调查显示英国经济正在复苏的想法是失实的。6[PHRASE 短语]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.   [V inflects]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。7[CONVENTION 惯用语]（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.   [BRIT 英]It is the first scene of the play chronologically. I tell a lie, it's  actually strictly speaking the second scene.从时间顺序上来看这是整个剧的第一场。不对，严格说来实际上是第二场。

英语单词	lie
英美音标	英 [laɪ] 美 [laɪ]
中文释义	v.躺下；位于；在于；平放；存在；延伸；说谎 n.谎言
英语例句	(1) If you feel unwell, go and lie down. (2) My home town lies low in a hidden valley. (3) The fundamental way out lies in reform and openness. (4) The novel is lying on the table. (5) The truth lies between two extremes. (6) I promise never to lie to you from now on. (7) He degraded himself by cheating and telling lies.
中文例句	(1) 如果你感到不舒服，就去躺下。 (2) 我的家乡位于一个隐蔽的山谷里。 (3) 根本出路在于改革开放。 (4) 小说平放在桌子上。 (5) 真理存在两个极端之间。 (6) 我发誓从今以后再也不向你说谎话。 (7) 他因欺骗、撒谎而损害了自己的人格。
vocabulary简明	When you don't tell the truth, you lie. You also lie down when you're sleepy and wonder what lies ahead of you.
vocabulary扩展	If we leave aside the lie that is an untruth, most meanings of lie are related. If something lies ahead of us, then it's there, down the road, waiting for us. If mountains lie to the east, we can think of them as having settled down there. If something lies unused, it is just sort of left to lie on the shelf (or wherever). If you let a sleeping dog lie, you're just letting him be right where he is — in the same position.
柯林斯解释	1. POSITION OR SITUATION 位置；情形 2. THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE 不实之事 Part-1 1 [VERB 动词]躺；平卧 If you are lying somewhere, you are in a horizontal position and are not standing or sitting. [V prep/adv] [V adj] 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 动词]被平放 If an object lies in a particular place, it is in a flat position in that place. [V prep/adv] [V adj] ...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 动词]（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. [V prep/adv] 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 连系动词]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. [V adj] [V prep] 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 动词]（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. [V ord] [V in n] [mainly BRIT 主英] 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 动词]（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. [V prep/adv] 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。 We must be clear about where the responsibility lies. 我们必须清楚责任所在。 7 [VERB 动词]（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. [V prep/adv] 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 动词]（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. [V prep/adv] 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 动词]（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. [V prep/adv] [LITERARY 文] 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 单数名词]位置；状态 The lie of an object or area is its position or the way that it is arranged. [with supp] 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 Part-2 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:white lie ；谎言；假话 A lie is something that someone says or writes which they know is untrue. 'Who else do you work for?' — 'No one.' — 'That's a lie.'... “你还为谁卖命？”——“没有谁。”——“你撒谎。” I've had enough of your lies... 我已经听够了你的谎言。 All the boys told lies about their adventures. 所有这些男孩谈论他们的冒险经历时都没说实话。 2 [VERB 动词]说谎；骗人 If someone is lying, they are saying something which they know is not true. [V] [V about n] [V to n] [V-ing] I know he's lying... 我知道他在说谎。 If asked, he lies about his age... 有人问起时，他就会谎报年龄。 She lied to her husband so she could meet her lover... 她对丈夫撒了谎，好与情人幽会。 He reportedly called her 'a lying little twit'. 据说他称她是“满嘴谎话的可恶白痴”。 lying Lying is something that I will not tolerate. 我绝对不能容忍撒谎这样的行为。 3 [VERB 动词]（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. [V] The camera can sometimes lie. 照相机拍出的照片有时也未必可靠。 4 See also:lying ； 5 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] This survey gives the lie to the idea that Britain is moving towards economic recovery. 这项调查显示英国经济正在复苏的想法是失实的。 6 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects] 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。 7 [CONVENTION 惯用语]（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. [BRIT 英] It is the first scene of the play chronologically. I tell a lie, it's actually strictly speaking the second scene. 从时间顺序上来看这是整个剧的第一场。不对，严格说来实际上是第二场。

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