lie /laɪ/ CET4 ( lying, lay, lain, lies )

• 1. 

  V-I If you are lying somewhere, you are in a horizontal position and are not standing or sitting. 躺

  例：

  There was a child lying on the ground.

  地上躺着一个小孩。

• 2. 

  V-I If an object lies in a particular place, it is in a flat position in that place. 平放在

  例：

  ...a newspaper lying on a nearby couch.

  …平放在旁边沙发上的一张报纸。

• 3. 

  V-I If you say that a place lies in a particular position or direction, you mean that it is situated there. 位于

  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. 

  N the manner, place, or style in which something is situated 状态; 方位; 方式

• 5. 

  V-LINK 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 (某种状态)

  例：

  The picture lay hidden in the archives for over 40 years.

  这张画在档案室藏了40多年。

• 6. 

  V-I 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、办法或错误) 在于

  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。

• 7. 

  V-I 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. (尤指不愉快或困难的事情) 即将发生

  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。

• 8. 

  V-T/V-I You can use lie to say what position a competitor or team is in during a competition. (比赛中) 名列 [英国英语]

  例：

  I was going well and was lying fourth.

  我干得不错，名列第4。

• 9. 

  to lie in state →see state

• 10. 

  to take something lying down →see take