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看到lie这个词，大家的第一反应肯定是“谎言，说谎”一类的意思。其实lie这个词的含义可多着呢。今天的日常英语口语就带大家来看看lie具体的用法有哪些。
一、除了“说谎”，lie还有这些含义1. 躺；平躺；平卧
eg: I’d like to lie on my side when I’m sleeping.
我睡觉的时候喜欢侧卧。
2. 平放
eg: A suitcase was lying on her bed and she was packing up her things.
行李箱平放在她的床上，她在收拾自己的东西。
3. 处于，保留，保持（某种状态）
eg: It’s better to do some investment than lying your money in the bank.
做点投资比把钱放在银行里要好。
4. 位于；坐落在
eg: Have you ever been to the small town lying beside the sea?
你去过坐落于海边的那个小镇吗？
5. 伸展；铺展；展开
eg: The red carpet lay below the couple on the wedding ceremony.
在婚礼上，新人的脚下铺着红毯。
6.（思想、特征、问题等） 存在；在于
eg: The major problem lies in choosing a right person for this position.
主要的问题在于给这个职位找个合适的人选。
7.（比赛时）名列，排名
eg: It was a pity that he was just lying on the fourth place in the competition.
可惜他在比赛中只排了第四名。
二、lie的这些习语你应该知道1. lie ahead/in store 将来要发生
eg: I was curious about what was lying ahead.
我很好奇将要发生什么。
2. lie in wait (for
eg: The soldiers were attacked by enemies who had been lying in wait for him.
这些军人被埋伏以待的敌人给袭击了。
3. see, etc. how the land lies弄清情况；摸清形势
eg: We shouldn’t take action before we see how the land lies.
在没有弄清情况以前，我们不要采取行动。
4. take sth. lying down甘受屈辱；逆来顺受
eg: The wife was so docile that she took her husband’s complaints lying down.
妻子太温顺了，对丈夫所有的抱怨都逆来顺受。
5. lie through your teeth 满口谎言；睁着眼说瞎话
eg: The police can tell that the witness was lying through his teeth.
警方可以看出证人在睁着眼睛说瞎话。
6. live a lie 过两面人的生活；为人虚伪
eg: He has no friend because he lives a lie.
他没有朋友，因为他为人虚伪。
三、辨析: lie和lay你分得清吗？不要以为这里的lay是lie的过去式。这里的lay是动词原形，只是恰好和lie的过去式同形而已。两者的含义也很接近，容易混淆。lie是个不及物动词，表示“平放，躺着，位于”，表示一种状态；lay是个及物动词，表示“把…置于”，表示的是动作。
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