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lie (obj) SPEAK FALSELYlaIvlying, past lied to say something which is not true in order to deceive撒谎Both witnesses lied to the police about what happened in the accident. [I]两个证人都没有把事故真相如实向警方汇报。Don't trust her -- she's lying. [I]不要相信她----她在撒谎。I used to lie about my age but nowadays I don't bother. [I]我过去经常隐瞒自己的年龄，但现在我不在乎了。She lied her way past the guards. [T always + adv/prep]她一路上骗过了卫兵。(fig.) They used to say "The camera never lies (= never gives a false image) ". [I]他们过去经常说“照相机从不骗人”。(infml) If he told you that, he's lying through his teeth (= not telling the truth).如果他那样告诉你的话，他是在撒谎。"Father, I cannot tell a lie; I did it with my little hatchet" (believed to have been said by George Washington as a child when accused of chopping down a cherry tree, 1732-1799)“爸爸，我不能说谎; 我是用我的小斧子砍的”（据说为乔治·华盛顿幼年时砍倒一棵樱桃树后所说）"If any question why we died, / Tell them, because our fathers lied" (Rudyard Kipling in the poem Common Form, 1919)“如果有人问我们为什么死，告诉他们，因为我们的父辈说了谎。”（引自吉卜林的诗《遗嘱的验证》） [LIAR]
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