Lie

(noun.) a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.

(noun.) position or manner in which something is situated.

(noun.) Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968).

(verb.) tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; 'Don't lie to your parents'; 'She lied when she told me she was only 29'.

(verb.) be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; 'The sick man lay in bed all day'; 'the books are lying on the shelf'.

(verb.) be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position.

(verb.) have a place in relation to something else; 'The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West'; 'The responsibility rests with the Allies'.

(verb.) be and remain in a particular state or condition; 'lie dormant'.

整理:莎丽

• They said we would lie as well as at a hotel. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The true lie is hated not only by the gods, but also by men? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• You will excuse her not coming to youshe is not ableshe is gone into her own roomI want her to lie down upon the bed. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, bless the bed that I lie on; four angels guard-- Hold your tongue. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The twelve strokes sounded, she grew docile, and would meekly lie down. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Miss Kate took out her sketch again, and Margaret watched her, while Mr. Brooke lay on the grass with a book, which he did not read. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Their headquarters lay in the southwest corner of this district, near the crossing of two of the so-called Martian canals. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• She brought him some milk, and he drank of it gratefully and lay down again, to forget in pleasant dreams his lost battle and his humbled pride. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Laurie obediently threw himself down on the turf, and began to amuse himself by sticking daisies into the ribbons of Amy's hat, that lay there. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• After this strange speech, she lay silent for some time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Yes; there it lies on its side, dried up; except for its plumage, very like myself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• To the eastward lies the Valley of the Jordan and beyond it the mountains of Gilead. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• There lies the inexplicable part of it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The same notion lies imbedded in the phrase: government must serve the people. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Its great interest for the history of thought lies in the fact that it is the result of seeking the constant in the variable, the unitary principle in the multiple phenomena of nature. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• A horn-handled clasp knife was lying in a pool of blood beside him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I am sufficiently well off to keep a hundred and fifty ton steam yacht, which is at present lying at Southampton, ready to start when I wish. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I thought of myself, lying here, when that first great change was being wrought at home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• In a moment they saw him, and then me; but scarcely had they discovered me than I commenced firing, lying flat upon my belly in the moss. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Robert Jordan looked away from the man lying with his head doubled under on the road to the bridge, and the sentry box at the other end. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Of course, I lied: it was, in fact, a very faithful representation of Mr. Rochester. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I lied and said no, we had two boys and two girls. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I don't know, he lied. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He lied, putting aside disappointment. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I have escaped from worse plights than this, and I tried to smile as I lied. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• There was a cry and a rush to rescue, but the right hand which all this while had lain hidden in Moore's breast, reappearing, held out a pistol. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• We had lain in hay and talked and shot sparrows with an air-rifle when they perched in the triangle cut high up in the wall of the barn. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• He has lain down once too often. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It was the first time I had ever lain down to rest in Satis House, and sleep refused to come near me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He had lain in a pile of straw in his sweat-soaked clothes and wound a blanket around him while he dried. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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