新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

lie

英 [laɪ]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

lies
1. [C 可数名词] 谎言
A lie is something that someone says or writes which they know is untrue.
双语例句
例：
'Who else do you work for?'—'No one.'—'That's a lie.'
“你还为其他哪些人工作？” “没其他人。” “你撒谎。”
例：
I've had enough of your lies.
我已经听够了你的谎言。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

lie around
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 到处乱放
If things are left lying around or lying about, they are not put away but left casually somewhere where they can be seen.
双语例句
例：
People should be careful about their possessions and not leave them lying around.
人们应该看管好自己的物品，不要到处乱放。
lie behind
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 是造成…的原因
If you refer to what lies behind a situation or event, you are referring to the reason the situation exists or the event happened.
双语例句
例：
It seems that what lay behind the clashes was disagreement over the list of candidates.
造成冲突的原因好像是对于候选人名单意见不一致。
lie down
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 躺下
When you lie down, you move into a horizontal position, usually in order to rest or sleep.
双语例句
例：
Why don't you go upstairs and lie down for a bit?
你为什么不上楼躺一会儿？

VERB. 动词

lies , lying , lay , lain
1. [I 不及物动词] 躺
If you are lying somewhere, you are in a horizontal position and are not standing or sitting.
双语例句
例：
There was a child lying on the ground.
地上躺着一个小孩。
2. [I 不及物动词] 平放在
If an object lies in a particular place, it is in a flat position in that place.
双语例句
例：
a newspaper lying on a nearby couch.
平放在旁边沙发上的一张报纸。
3. [I 不及物动词] 位于
If you say that a place lies in a particular position or direction, you mean that it is situated there.
近义词
sit
双语例句
例：
The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain.
这些岛屿位于千岛群岛的南端。
4. [LINK 连系动词] 处于（某种状态）
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.
双语例句
例：
The picture lay hidden in the archives for over 40 years.
这幅画在档案室藏了40多年。
5. [I 不及物动词] （问题、办法或错误）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.
双语例句
例：
The problem lay with the family and the school system rather than with television.
问题在于家庭和学校体制而非电视。
6. [I 不及物动词] （尤指不愉快或困难的事情）即将发生
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.
双语例句
例：
She'd need all her strength and bravery to cope with what lay in store.
她需要拿出全部的力量和勇气来应对即将发生的事情。
7. [I 不及物动词] （比赛中）名列
You can use lie to say what position a competitor or team is in during a competition.
双语例句
例：
I was going well and was lying fourth.
我表现得不错，名列第4。
8. [I 不及物动词] 撒谎
If someone is lying, they are saying something which they know is not true.
双语例句
例：
I know he's lying.
我知道他在撒谎。