lie是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to be in or move into a horizontal position on a surface -- 躺；平躺；平臥

  • to lie in bed 躺在床上

  • to lie on a beach 躺在海灘上

  • to lie on your side 側臥

  • A cat lay in front of the fire. 一隻貓趴在爐火前。

  • He lies awake at night, worrying. 晚上他躺在床上焦慮不安，無法入睡。

  • A pen lay on the desk. 桌子上放著一枝鉛筆。

  • There's an old pair of shoes of yours lying at/in the bottom of the wardrobe. 衣櫃最下面放著一雙你的舊鞋子。

  • The river lies 30 km to the south. 那條河在南面30公里處。

  • The team is lying third in the league. 該隊在聯賽中位居第三。

  • Here lies the body of Mary Taylor (= this is where Mary Taylor is buried). 瑪麗‧泰勒葬於此處。

  • There are several houses lying empty in the town. 城裡有幾座空房子。

  • The town lay in ruins. 城鎮已成為一片廢墟。

  • The ship lies off (= is positioned near) the coast of Spain. 那艘船位於西班牙海岸附近。

  • The hardest part of the competition still lies ahead of us. 比賽最艱難的階段還在前面呢。

  • Responsibility for the disaster must ultimately lie with the government. 發生此次災難的責任最終必須由政府來承擔。

  • Where does the blame lie? 誰來承擔罪責？

• 1 to say or write something that is not true in order to deceive someone -- 說謊，撒謊

  • Are you lying to me? 你是不是在跟我撒謊？

  • Don't trust her - she's lying. 別信她的——她在說謊。

  • I suspect he lies about his age. 我懷疑他虛報了年齡。

• 2 something you say that you know is not true -- 謊話，瞎話

  • I told a lie when I said I liked her haircut. 我騙她說我喜歡她的髮型。