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*lie¹ /laɪ; laɪ/
v [I] lay /le; leɪ/ , lain /len; leɪn/ , lying
1 a) to be in a position in which your body is flat on the floor, a bed etc 躺，平卧:
+ on/in We lay on the beach all morning. 整个早上我们躺在沙滩上。
b) also 又作 lie down to put yourself in this position 躺下:
I'm going upstairs to lie down. 我上楼躺一下。
2 to be in a particular place or position 在，位于:
The town lies to the east of the lake. 该镇坐落在湖的东面。
+ on/in/below etc A pile of letters was lying on the doormat. 门垫上有一叠信件。
3 if an idea or a problem lies in something, that is what causes it or is involved in it 〔想法、问题〕在于，由…引起:
+ in/with/between etc The fault appears to lie with the computer system. 问题似乎出在电脑系统。
4 to remain in a particular condition or state 处于某种状态:
A book lay open on her desk. 一本书在她的书桌上摊开着。
5 lie low to remain hidden because someone is trying to find you 躲藏，藏匿
6 lie ahead to be going to happen in the future 将要发生
7 lie in wait (for sb/sth) to remain hidden in order to attack someone or something 埋伏着等待〔袭击对象〕
lie around1 [I,T lie around/about sth] to be left in the wrong place, in an untidy way 零乱地摆放:
I wish you'd stop leaving your clothes lying around. 请你不要把衣服到处乱放。
2 to spend time relaxing, especially by lying down 无所事事地过日子〔尤指躺着〕:
We just lay around on the beach the whole time. 我们整天只是在海滩上闲躺着。
lie behind sth
to be the true reason for an action 是〔某行为〕的真正原因:
I wonder what really lay behind her decision. 我想知道她作出这个决定的真正原因是什么。
lie down
1 [I] to put yourself in a position in which your body is flat on the floor, a bed etc 躺下
2 not take sth lying down informal to refuse to accept bad treatment without complaining 【非正式】 不愿屈从，拒绝逆来顺受
lie in
BrE to stay in bed longer than usual in the morning 【英】 睡懒觉，迟起
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