lie

[lai]

v.躺下, 位于, 在于, 平放, 存在, 延伸, 说谎
n.谎言

vi.

1. (人、动物)躺, 卧; (东西)被平放[Q]

His hat and gloves were lying on the table.

他的帽子和手套都放在桌上。

He lay down for a rest.

他躺下休息一会。

2. 呈……状态, 置于[L]

The whole city lay in ruins after the earthquake.

地震之后整个城市成了一片废墟。

I have lain awake all night thinking of them.

我心里想着他们, 彻夜未眠。

3. (事情)在于; (错误等)发现于[Q]

The remedy lies in education.

补救的办法在于教育。

4. 位于[Q]

Japan lies to the east of China.

日本在中国的东面。

5. 展现, 伸展[Q]

The city lies before us.

城市展现在我们面前。

6. 被埋葬[Q]

Here lies the king of England.

这里葬着英国国王。

7. 【旧】停留; 过夜

n.

1. 位置; 状态[S1]

2. 栖息处[C]

词形变化

动词过去式: lay | 动词过去分词: lain | 动词现在分词: lying | 动词第三人称单数: lies |

词义辨析

同义:

vi.躺卧; 位于

recline  repose  

反义:

vi.躺

rise  

英英释义

名词 lie:

a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

同义词：prevarication

Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

同义词：Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie

position or manner in which something is situated

动词 lie:

be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

originate (in)

同义词：dwell, consist, belong, lie in

be and remain in a particular state or condition

tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

have a place in relation to something else

同义词：rest

assume a reclining position

同义词：lie down

短语词组

lie about

1. 闲着不做事

He lay about all day instead of working.

他整天游手好闲, 无所事事。

lie by

1. 停歇

They lay by during the heat of the day.

他们在白天最热的时候停下来休息。

补充

lielie英:[lai] 美:[li]vi.1.躺, 卧He broke his leg and had to lie all the time.他折断了腿, 不得不总是躺着。The national hero lies buried here.那位民族英雄就安葬在这里。2.位于There lies a small town at the foot of the mountain.山脚下有一个小镇。3.展现, 伸展Ahead lay a vast expanse of wheat.前面是一大片小麦。4.说谎Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。vi. & link v.1.平放The books have been lying here ever since they were laid here.这些书自从放在这里就一直未动过。n.1.谎话He tried to tell me a lie about losing his wallet.他试图使我相信他丢失了钱夹的谎言。

例句

1. I've had enough of your lies.我听够了你的谎话。 2. That's a lie!你说谎！ 3. All the boys told lies about their adventures.所有男孩讲自己的冒险经历时都有水分在里面。 4. He dismissed their claims as lies.他驳回了他们的索赔, 认为那是骗局。 5. The invitation was all a lie – they just needed to get you away from the house.那个邀请完全就是一个骗局——他们只是想让你离开屋子。 6. This survey gives the lie to the idea that Britain is moving towards economic recovery.这次调查证明了英国经济正在复苏的想法是错误的。 7. His face was giving the lie to his speech.他的表情表明他在说谎。 8. It is the first scene of the play chronologically. I tell a lie, it's actually strictly speaking the second scene.从时间顺序来看, 这是该剧的第一场。不对, 严格来讲这是第二场。 9. The actual site of a city is determined by the natural lie of the land.城市的实际位置是由地形决定的。 10. The lie of the land and natural waterways made it relatively easy to build canals.这片土地的地形和天然水系使修建运河变得相对容易。 11. The team would go in, ascertain the lie of the land, and report back.小分队将进入现场, 了解情况后发回报告。 12. Maybe he was fed up with living a lie.也许他厌倦了虚伪地活着。 13. Living that lie nearly destroyed us.活在那个谎言之中几乎毁掉了我们自己。 14. There was a child lying on the ground.有个孩子躺在地上。 15. The injured man was lying motionless on his back.那个伤者仰面躺着一动不动。 16. He snores when he lies on his back.他平躺时会打鼾。 17. She was lying on the bed.当时她正躺在床上。 18. When I'm on holiday I lie on the beach all day.我休假时会整日躺在沙滩上。 19. Don't lie on the grass.不要躺在草地上。 20. He lay awake watching her.他睁眼躺着看着她。 21. The bridge lies beyond the docks.那座桥位于码头的另一侧。 22. It had been wet overnight, and a morning mist lay on the field.雨下了一整夜, 田野上弥漫着晨雾。 23. a newspaper lying on a nearby couch放在旁边长椅上的报纸 24. a two-page memo lying unread on his desk放在桌子上他还未看的一份两页的备忘录 25. The island lies off the west coast of Scotland.那个岛位于苏格兰西海岸外。 26. Several dictionaries lay on a shelf.架子上有几本字典。 27. Broken glass lay scattered on the carpet.碎玻璃散落在地毯上。 28. His country's economy lies in ruins.他所在国家的经济崩溃了。 29. Her body lay undiscovered until the next morning.她的尸体直到第二天早上才被发现。 30. The flat above me has lain empty since it was sold a few months ago.我楼上那套公寓自几个月前售出后就一直处于空置状态。 31. The picture lay forgotten in the archives for over 40 years.那张照片在档案库里被人遗忘了40多年。 32. Tait is lying in second place.泰特目前处于第二的位置。 33. She turned back to the Bible lying open in her lap.她的注意力又回到了膝头翻开的《圣经》上面。 34. The problem lay in the large amounts spent on defence.问题在于防务方面耗资巨大。 35. The causes of this lie in the past.这个问题的根源在过去。 36. Where does the problem lie?问题出在哪里？ 37. He realised his future lay elsewhere.他意识到自己的未来在别处。 38. My father lies in the small cemetery a few miles up this road.我父亲葬在这条路上几英里外的一个小型墓地。 39. Here lies John Smith.这里长眠着约翰•史密斯。 40. She'd need all her strength and bravery to cope with what lay in store.她需要拿出全部力气和胆量去应对将要发生的一切。 41. The city lies before us.那座城市展现在我们面前。 42. My sins lie heavily on my mind.沉重的罪恶感压在我的心头。 43. The decision lies with you.这个主意由你拿。 44. We must be clear about where the responsibility lies.我们必须清楚责任所在。 45. They will only assume that, as a woman, the fault lies with me.他们只会假设错出在我身上, 因为我是女人。 46. Chris Sutton's one-match ban after he accused Dunfermline of lying down to Rangers克里斯•萨顿指责邓弗姆林队故意输给流浪者队后被禁赛一场 47. Far from lying low, Kay became more outspoken than ever.凯根本没有保持低调, 反而比以往更加直言不讳。 48. Mr Heseltine had planned to lie low until after the European elections.赫赛尔廷先生计划在欧洲选举后再伺机而动。 49. The government is not taking such criticism lying down.政府没有欣然接受此类批评。 50. I know she's lying.我知道她在撒谎。 51. She lied to her husband so she could meet her lover.她对丈夫说了谎, 以便能够去会情人。 52. If asked, he lies about his age.如果有人问起, 他就会谎报年龄。 53. I believe that the figures lie.我相信这些数字有问题。 54. The camera can sometimes lie.照相机有时也会骗人。 55. She is lying in bed with a severe cold.她因重感冒躺在床上。 56. The town lay in ruins after a heavy bombardment.在猛烈轰炸以后城镇成了一片废墟。 57. The novel is lying on the table.小说平放在桌子上。 58. The fundamental way out lies in reform and openness.根本出路在于改革开放。 59. The supermarket lies opposite our college.超市正对着我们学院。 60. Canada lies to the north of America.加拿大在美国以北。 61. The road lies to the east.道路向东伸展。 62. They don't know where their weaknesses lie.他们不知道他们的弱点所在。 63. The martyr lies in the cemetery.烈士被葬在公墓。 64. Japan lies third in the quarter-final.在四分之一决赛时日本排第三。 65. The pleasure boat is lying at anchor.游艇正抛锚停泊着。 66. We should first see where the wind lies.我们应该首先看看风向如何。 67. a civil action that will not lie不被受理的民事诉讼 68. The child lied to the teacher about his reasons for being late.孩子向老师谎报迟到的原因。 69. The statistics must be lying.统计数字一定有假。 70. He lied himself into our confidence.他骗取我们的信任。 71. to lie oneself into office骗取职务 72. the body of a man lay face downwards on the grass.一名男子的尸体俯卧在草地上。 73. I had to lie down for two hours because I was groggy.我喝得醉醺醺的，得先躺两个小时了。 74. Lily lay back on the pillows and watched him.莉莉背靠着枕头躺着，望着他。 75. a book lay open on the table.桌上平放着一本摊开的书。 76. the abbey lies in ruins today.现在修道院已成一片废墟。 77. putting homeless families into private houses that would otherwise lie empty.把无家可归的家庭安置在空闲的私宅里。 78. the solution lies in a return to 'traditional family values'.出路在于恢复“传统家庭价值观”。 79. the small village of Kexby lies about five miles due east of York.坎克斯伯这个小村庄就坐落在约克正东约五英里处。 80. United, currently lying in fifth place, have recovered after a shaky start.联队已从出师不利的局面中恢复过来，现排名第五。 81. stand here, and all of Amsterdam lies before you.站在这里，整个阿姆斯特丹就展现在你面前了。 82. he was familiarizing himself with the lie of the streets.他正在熟悉这些街道的方位。 83. at the time of the murder he appears to have been lying low in a barn.看上去谋杀发生时，他一直躲藏在谷仓里。 84. she was beginning to see the lie of the land with her in-laws.她开始明白与婆家人相处的门道了。 85. I'm excited by what lies ahead.我为即将发生的事情而激动不已。 86. I became irritated at the pills and potions lying around in every corner of the house.房子里到处都是药片和药剂，使我十分恼火。 87. you all just lay around all day on your backsides, didn't you?.你们整天就一屁股坐在那儿消磨时间，是不是？。 88. a subtle strategy lies behind such silly claims.如此愚蠢的要求背后隐藏着诡秘的计谋。 89. Steven and I will lie over in New York, then fly to London.史蒂文和我将在纽约中止旅行，然后飞往伦敦。 90. the ultimate responsibility for the violence lies with the country's president.暴乱的最终责任归咎于该国总统。 91. Mungo felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie.芒戈因为对艾丽斯撒谎而感到羞愧难当。 92. the whole thing is a pack of lies.整个这件事就是一堆谎言。 93. all their married life she had been living a lie.她的婚后生活一直就全是假象。 94. why had Ashenden lied about his visit to London?.阿申顿为什么要对他去伦敦的事撒谎呢？。 95. [with direct speech]‘I am sixty-five,’ she lied.“我６５岁，”她撒谎说。 96. you lied your way on to this voyage by implying you were an experienced crew.你撒谎说你自己是很有经验的船员，以此骗取了这次航海旅行的机会。 97. the camera cannot lie.照相机不会骗人。 98. these figures give the lie to the notion that Britain is excessively strike-ridden.这些数字证明，关于英国被过多的罢工所困扰的说法不符合实际情况。 99. I never used to dream — I tell a lie, I did dream when I was little.我从不做梦——我说错了，我小时候还是做过梦的。 100. He lied about his age in order to join the army.他为了当兵谎报年龄。 101. to tell a lie说谎 102. He lay on the sofa and went to sleep.他躺在沙发上睡着了。 103. to lie on your back/side/front仰卧；侧卧；俯卧 104. The book lay open in front of her.那本书摊开在她面前。 105. Snow lay thick on the ground.地上积了一层厚厚的雪。 106. The hills lie to the north of the town.小镇的北面有山。 107. The problem lies in deciding when to stop.问题在于决定何时停止。 108. We may never know what lay behind his decision to resign.他决定辞职的真正原因，我们也许永远不会知道。 109. lie still.躺着别动。 110. She lay asleep on the bed.她躺在床上睡着了。 111. He lay dead on the floor.他躺在地上死了。 112. The police found him lying unconscious in an alley.警察发现他躺在一条小路上不省人事。 113. All the dog did was just lie there.那条狗就只是趴在那里。 114. The doctor asked him to lie [=lie down] on the table.医生让他躺到桌子上 115. Here lies John Smith. = Here lies the body of John Smith.此处葬着约翰·史密斯。 116. snow lying on the ground地上的积雪 117. A note was lying on the table when he came home.他回到家里，看见桌子上放着一张便条。 118. The leaves lay thick on the ground.树叶在地上有厚厚的一层。 119. "He placed a hand on her shoulder, where it lay [=rested] for a moment."他把一只手放在她的肩上，过了一会儿才拿开。 120. The city lay in ruins.这座城市是一片废墟 121. The book was lying open on the desk.这本书打开着平放在桌子上。 122. The factory continues to lie idle.这座工厂继续闲置着。 123. dishes lying dirty in the sink水池里放着的脏盘子 124. Our route lay to the west.我们这条路是朝西的。 125. The village lies in a peaceful valley.这个村庄坐落在一个安静的山谷里。 126. The river lies along the western edge of the mountains.这条河在山脉的西侧。 127. Ohio lies east of Indiana. = Ohio lies to the east of Indiana.俄亥俄州在印第安纳州以东。 128. A ship was lying in the harbor.一艘船停泊在港内。 129. The mountains lay between us and our goal.我们和目的地之间隔着好几座山。 130. I don't know where the answer lies. [=I don't know where the answer can be found; I don't know what the answer is]我不知道答案在哪儿。 131. He doesn't know where his future lies. [=he doesn't know what he will do in the future]他不知道他的未来会怎样。 132. The choice lay between fighting or surrendering. [=the choice was between fighting or surrendering]要么选择战斗，要么选择投降。 133. "There is no question about where her loyalties lie. [=about which person, group, etc., she is loyal to]"她忠于哪一方是毋庸置疑的。 134. The problem lies in knowing what to do.问题是要知道该做什么。 135. "I don't know what to do, and therein lies the problem. [=that is the problem]"我不知道该做什么，这才是问题所在。 136. They are lying third. = They are lying in third place. [=they are in third place]他们现在排名第三。 137. No one knows what lies ahead (of us). [=no one knows what will happen (to us) in the future]谁都不知道（我们）将来会发生什么事。 138. He always had a lot of clothes lying around his house.他总有许多衣服乱七八糟地放在家里。 139. I know that pen is lying around here somewhere.我知道那支钢笔就在这里的某个地方。 140. She spent the whole day just lying around.她一整天都无所事事。 141. My friends and I were lying around by the pool.我和朋友们在水塘边闲待着。 142. The doctor asked him to lie back on the table.医生让他向后靠，躺在桌子上。 143. Greed lies behind the higher prices.提价背后的原因是贪婪。 144. lie down on the couch/bed.躺在沙发/床上。 145. I'm tired. I'm going to lie down.我累了，我要躺一躺。 146. The police ordered him to lay down his weapons and lie down on the ground.警察命令他放下武器趴到地上。 147. He says pollution has been getting worse because government regulators have been lying down on the job.他说污染越来越严重是因为政府部门玩忽职守。 148. He vowed that he would not take the court's decision lying down. [=that he would fight against the court's decision]他发誓对法院的判决绝不善罢甘休。 149. She likes to lie in [=sleep in] on Saturdays.星期六她喜欢睡懒觉。 150. The prisoners had to lie low after their escape.那群囚犯逃跑后不得不藏了起来。 151. Sorrow lay heavily on him. [=he felt very sad]他感到非常悲痛。 152. Guilt lies on his conscience. [=he feels very guilty]内疚困扰着他的良心。 153. Her years lie lightly upon her. [=she seems younger than she is]岁月在她身上只留下淡淡的痕迹。 154. The blame lies with their mother for not watching them closely enough.错在他们的母亲，因为她没有看紧他们。 155. Responsibility for the accident lies with the company.事故的责任在于这家公司。 156. when he first lay with her当他第一次与她发生关系时 157. a golf ball in a difficult lie停在难打位置的高尔夫球 158. I can't believe you lied to me.我不敢相信你竟然对我说谎。 159. He has been accused of lying about his military record.他被指控谎报自己的从军经历。 160. She was lying when she told her parents that she had spent the afternoon studying.她对父母说整个下午都在学习，她那是在撒谎。 161. She was lying through her teeth. [=she was saying something completely untrue]她满口谎言。 162. "(US, informal) You can't trust that guy. He lies like a rug. [=he lies constantly; he is dishonest]"你不能相信那个家伙，他撒谎成性。 163. Statistics sometimes lie. [=do not accurately reflect the truth]统计数据有时不可靠。 164. "You may think that you still look young, but the mirror never lies. [=the mirror shows how you really look]"你也许觉得自己还很年轻，可镜子不会说谎。 165. She told a lie to her parents.她对父母撒了个谎。 166. He has been accused of telling lies about his military record.他被指控谎报自己的从军经历。 167. a bold/brazen/barefaced lie大胆/可耻/露骨的谎言 168. a complete lie彻头彻尾的谎言 169. "The accusations are lies, all lies."这些指控是谎言，全是谎言。 170. The claims he has made are nothing but a pack of lies.他所做的声明只不过是骗人的鬼话。 171. (chiefly Brit) He has woven a tissue of lies [=he has told many lies] about his military record.关于他的从军经历，他编了一套瞎话。 172. Her success has given the lie to the notion that women cannot compete with men.她的成就证明了女人比不过男人的观点是站不住脚的。 173. "I saw him just yesterday. No, I tell a lie. It was two days ago."我昨天看到他了。不，我说错了，是前天。 174. "Their friends thought that they had a happy marriage, but they were living a lie. [=their marriage was not happy]"他们的朋友以为他们的婚姻很幸福，其实他们在自欺欺人。