意为“说谎”时,是不及物动词。例如:
He lied about his career. 关于他的经历他说了谎。
Don”t lie to me!不要和我撒谎!
The camera never lies. 照相机决不骗人。(将事物原原本本地拍下来)
一、作不及物动词
1. 意为“(人或者动物)躺,平卧”,常与表示场所的短语连用。例如:
The boy lay in the sofa. 那男孩躺在了沙发里。
He lies in bed all day. 他整日躺在床上。
2. 意为“位于(某方向);(景色等)展现”,常与表示方位的短语连用。例如:
Mexico lies to the south of Texas. 墨西哥位于德克萨斯州的南边。
The valley lay before us. 山谷展现在我们面前。
3. 意为“呈……状态;置于”,常与形容词连用。例如:
The book lay open on the desk. 那本书摊开着摆在桌上。
The snow lay thick in front of the door. 雪在门前堆积得很厚。
4. 意为“(事情)在于;(错误、责任等)发现于”。例如:
His success lies in hard work. 他的成功在于勤奋的工作。
The trouble lies in the engine. 故障出在引擎上。
5. 意为“说谎”。例如:
He lied about his career. 关于他的经历他说了谎。
Don”t lie to me!不要和我撒谎!
The camera never lies. 照相机决不骗人。(将事物原原本本地拍下来)
与lie相关的动词词形的变化
lie lay lain躺
lay laid laid放下;产蛋
lie lied lied撒谎,
这几个词在拼写上很容易混淆,有人编了这样的口诀:规则的“撒谎”,不规则的“躺”,“躺”过就“下蛋”,“下蛋”不规则。“规则”指规则变化,“不规则”即不规则变化,如lie作“撒谎”解时,是规则变化,即其过去式和过去分词直接加-d;“躺过”的“过”指的是过去式,即lie的过去式lay是“下蛋”的原形;“下蛋”是不规则变化。
二、作名词
作名词讲,意为“谎言;假话”,其复数形式为lies;反义词为truth。例如:
Lies can”t cover up facts. 谎言掩盖不了事实。
相关搭配:
tell a lie撒谎
a white / black lie善意的 / 恶意的谎言
三、与lie有关的短语
1. lie down 躺下。例如:
He lay down on the bench and soon fell asleep. 他躺在长凳上很快就睡着了。
2. lie back 休息;放松。例如:
You don”t have to do anything�just lie back and enjoy the journey. 你什么也不用做--只管轻松愉快地享受旅游的乐趣。
3. lie in 睡懒觉。例如:
It”s a holiday tomorrow, so you can lie in. 明天放假,你可以睡懒觉了。
4. lie at on
I accept that the responsibility for this lies squarely at my door. 我接受,这件事情的责任完全由我承担。
5. 其他:
lie on / upon 依靠;依赖
lie idle 搁置不用
义务教育英语课程标准五级词汇表(点击每一个单词,可直接链接到这个单词的用法.)
经典考题:
1.A man ___
a hen on the table. The hen ____ the table quietly. After a while
the hen ____ an egg. But the man ____ to his wife that the egg was
bought in the shop ____ in the centre of the town.
2. Those days I couldn’t sleep well. When I ____ in bed, I often
heard a lot of noise, because they are ____ a new road to the
city.
A. lie,
lying B. lay, laying C. laid, lying D. laid, laying
3. The book ___ where I ___ them a few days
before.
A. lay, lay
B. laid, had laid C. lied, had laid D. was still lying, had
laid
4. The chair ______ too close to the fire and started to
burn.
7.Where was this big egg_____?
8. Shanghai
lies
9.The
Keys;
1.laid ; lay;laid;lied;lying 2.B 3.D 4.B
5. lied,laid
6.laid
9.B
题意:厨师撒谎说桌子上的鸡蛋是他放的。)