lie词组,隐喻,短语

lie

lielie[lʌɪ](lies,lying,lay /lain) ,lie a'bout; ,lie a'bout sth (BrE)=LIE AROUND,LIE AROUND STH,lie a'head; ,lie a'head of sb1.■to be in the future;to be in front of you在将来；在某人面前；面对某人:Great opportunities lie ahead.将来机会很多。Who knows what problems might lie ahead of us? 谁知道我们可能遇到什么问题呢？[G]v+adv ◆ v+adv+prep,lie a'round; ,lie a'round sth (BrE also ,lie a'bout, ,lie a'bout sth)2.■(of a person 人) to spend time being lazy and not doing anything in particular无所事事地混日子；懒散度日；游手好闲:She’s been lying around the house all day doing nothing.她在家里懒散了一整天。[synonym]laze around,laze around sth;lounge about/around,lounge about/around sth 3.■(of a number of things 许多东西) to be left somewhere in a careless or untidy way乱放；乱搁:His clothes lay around all over the floor.一地都是他的衣服。‘Have you seen my purse?’ ‘It was lying about in the kitchen when I last saw it.’ “你看见我的皮夹了吗？”“我上次看见的时候是在厨房里的。”You shouldn’t leave valuables lying around the changing rooms.你不应该把贵重物品随便放在更衣室。[G]v+adv ◆ v+prep'layabout n (old-fashioned, BrE, informal)4.■a lazy person who does very little work游手好闲的人；懒汉；二流子,lie 'back (in/on sth) 5.■to rest, relax and do very little悠闲；休息；放松:Just lie back and enjoy the peace and quiet.只管悠闲享受这种宁静好啦。She lay back on the pillows and closed her eyes.她安闲地躺在枕头上合上了眼睛。[G]v+adv,lie be'fore sb (literary)6.■to be in front of sb在某人面前:A terrible sight lay before them.可怕的情景出现在他们面前。7.■to be in the future在将来:Your whole life lies before you.你整个人生还长着呢。[G]v+prep,lie be'hind sth 8.■to be the real explanation or reason for sth是…的真实原因(或理由):She understood the feelings that lay behind his angry words.她明白他愤怒的话语之后的真实感受。We will probably never know what lay behind his decision to resign.我们可能永远不会知道他辞职的真正原因。[G]v+prep,lie 'down9.■to be or move into a horizontal position on a bed, etc. in order to sleep or rest躺下；平…:Go and lie down for a while.去躺一会儿吧。He lay down on the sofa and went to sleep.他在沙发上躺下睡着了。The coughing is worse when he’s lying down.他躺着时咳嗽得越发厉害。She was lying down on the bed.她躺在床上。10.■Do not confuse this sense of lie down with lay sth down, which must always have an object.不要将lie down 的这个含义和lay sth down 混淆，后者必须带宾语:Jack lay down on the sofa.杰克在沙发上躺下。Jack laid the pen down on the table.杰克把笔放在桌子上。Jack was lying down on the sofa, (not而非Jack was laying down on the sofa).杰克躺在沙发上。[G]v+advtake sth lying 'down 11.■to accept an insult, a criticism, a violent attack, etc. without protesting or reacting to it默默承受(屈辱、批评、严厉抨击等)；逆来顺受:He has been accused of bribery, but he won’t take this lying down.有人指责他受贿，但他不肯忍气吞声。,lie-'down n 12.■[sing.] (BrE, informal) a short rest,especially in bed(尤指在床上的)小睡，小憩:to have a lie-down 躺一会儿,lie 'in (BrE, informal)13.■to stay in bed after the time you usually get up睡懒觉；起得晚:It’s Saturday tomorrow, so you can lie in.明天是星期六，你可以睡懒觉了。[synonym]sleep in[G]v+adv,lie-'in n 14.■[sing.] (BrE, informal) an act of staying in bed longer than usual in the morning睡懒觉；晚起:to have a lie-in 睡懒觉,lie 'up (BrE)15.■to hide somewhere躲藏；藏匿:The fugitives lay up in the caves until it got dark.逃亡者在洞里一直躲到天黑。[G]v+adv'lie with sb/sth (to do sth) (formal) 16.■to be the duty or responsibility of sb/sth是…的职责(或责任):It lies with you to accept or reject the proposal.接受或拒绝这一建议由你决定。The decision on whether to proceed lies with the minister.得由部长决定是否继续进行。[synonym]rest with sb[G]v+prep