英语词汇lie怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

lie

laɪ  laɪ 

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense lies, present participle lying, past tense lay, past participle lain

1.POSITION OR SITUATION 位置；情形
2.THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE 不实之事

POSITION OR SITUATION 位置；情形

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

There was a child lying on the ground. [VERB prep./adv.]

地上躺着一个小孩。
The injured man was lying motionless on his back. [VERB adj.ive]

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. [VERB adj.ive]

他睁着眼躺在那里看她看了很长时间。

SYN recline, rest, lounge, couch

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

...a newspaper lying on a nearby couch. [VERB prep./adv.]

放在旁边沙发上的一张报纸
Broken glass lay scattered on the carpet. [VERB adj.ive]

碎玻璃散落在地毯上。
...a two-page memo lying unread on his desk. [VERB adj.ive]

一份两页的备忘录放在他桌子上，还没看过

SYN be placed, be, rest, exist

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. （某处）位于（某个位置或方向）

The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain. [VERB prep./adv.]

这些岛屿位于千岛群岛的南端。

SYN be situated, sit, be located, be positioned

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. 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。

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. （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。

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. （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.]

我们必须清楚责任所在。

SYN exist, be present, consist, dwell [formal , literary]

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. （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。

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. （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.]

我父亲葬在沿这条路往北几英里处的一个小公墓里。

SYN be buried, remain, rest, be

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. （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。

10 N-SING [with supplement, oft NOUN of 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）。

Phrasal verbs:

lie aroundlie backlie behindlie down

Quotations

There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it William James Varieties of Religious Experience

Whoever would lie usefully should lie seldom Lord Hervey Memoirs of the Reign of George II

The lie in the soul is a true lie Benjamin Jowett Introduction to his translation of Plato's Republic

I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie George Washington

The broad mass of a nation.... will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one Adolf Hitler Mein 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 truth Sir 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 lie C.E. Montague Disenchantment

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.

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THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE 不实之事

1 N-COUNT 谎言；假话 A lie is something that someone says or writes which they know is untrue. 谎言；假话

'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。

SYN falsehood, deceit, fabrication, fib

2See also:white lie

3 VERB 说谎；骗人 If someone is lying, they are saying something which they know is not true. 说谎；骗人

I know he's lying. [VERB]

我知道他在说谎。
If asked, he lies about his age. [VERB + about]

有人问起时，他就会谎报年龄。
She lied to her husband so she could meet her lover. [VERB + to]

她对丈夫撒了谎，好与情人幽会。
He reportedly called her 'a lying little twit'. [VERB-ing]

据说他称她是“满嘴谎话的可恶白痴”。

SYN fib, fabricate, invent, misrepresent

lying

Lying is something that I will not tolerate.

我绝对不能容忍撒谎这样的行为。

4 VERB （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. （事物）造成假象，不可靠

The camera can sometimes lie. [VERB]

照相机拍出的照片有时也未必可靠。

5 See also: lying

6 PHRASE [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.

这项调查显示英国经济正在复苏的想法是失实的。

SYN disprove, expose, discredit, contradict

7 PHRASE [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。

8 CONVENTION （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.

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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VERB.

recline, rest; (ant.) stand ➊1 2

deceive, distort, fake, falsify, mislead ➋3

dishonesty, falsehood, fib ➋1

Word Partnership	Use lie with:
ADJ.	lie awake ➊1 lie flat ➊2 lie hidden ➊4
N.	lie on your back, lie on the beach, lie in/on a bed, lie on a couch/sofa ➊1 lie on the floor, lie on the ground ➊2 lie in ruins ➊4
PREP.	lie about something, lie to someone ➋1
VERB.	tell a lie ➋1