Lie

[laɪ]

解釋/意思:

(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--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) See Lye.

(n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.

(n.) A fiction; a fable; an untruth.

(n.) Anything which misleads or disappoints.

(v. i.) To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.

(adj.) To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.

(adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.

(adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.

(adj.) To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.

(adj.) To lodge; to sleep.

(adj.) To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.

(adj.) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

(n.) The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.

編輯:谢恩

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Fib, intentional untruth, criminal falsehood, SUGGESTIO FALSI (suggestion of what is false), SUPPRESSIO VERI (suppression of what is true).

v. n. [1]. Falsify, FIB, tell a lie.[2]. Recline, lie, couch, lie down, be prostrate, be recumbent.[3]. Be placed, be laid.[4]. Be, rest, remain.[5]. Be situated, be located.[6]. Consist.[7]. (Law.) Be sustainable.

迦勒編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Falsehood, untruth, fabrication, subterfuge, evasion, fib, fiction, falsity

ANT:Truth, fact, veracity

SYN:Rest, repose, be, remain

ANT:Rise, move, stir

阿伊达整理

解釋/意思:

n. anything meant to deceive: an intentional violation of truth: anything that misleads.—v.i. to utter falsehood with an intention to deceive: to make a false representation:—pr.p. ly′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. lied.—Lie in one's throat to lie shamelessly; Lie out of whole cloth to lie without any foundation whatever; Give the lie to to charge with falsehood; White lie a conventional phrase not strictly true: a well-meant falsehood.

v.i. to rest in a reclining posture: to lean: to press upon: to be situated: to abide: to consist: (law) to be sustainable: (Shak.) to be imprisoned: to lodge pass the night:—pr.p. ly′ing; pa.t. lay; pa.p. lain (B.) lī′en.—n. manner of lying: relative position: an animal's lair: (golf) position of the ball for striking.—ns. Lī′er Lie′-abed′ one who lies late—also adj.—Lie along to be extended at full length; Lie at one's door to be directly imputable to one; Lie at one's heart to be an object of interest or affection to one; Lie by to take rest from labour: (Shak.) to be under the charge of; Lie hard or heavy on upon (Shak.) to to oppress burden; Lie in to be in childbed; Lie in one to be in one's power; Lie in the way to be ready at hand: to be an obstacle; Lie in wait to lie in ambush; Lie low to conceal one's actions or intentions; Lie on upon to be incumbent on; Lie on the hands to remain unused or unoccupied; Lie over to be deferred to a future occasion; Lie to to be checked in sailing; Lie under to be subject to or oppressed by; Lie up to abstain from work; Lie with to lodge or sleep with: to have carnal knowledge of; Lying-in hospital a hospital for those about to become mothers.

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