1·He lay wakeful all night.
他躺在床上彻夜未眠。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·She lay in bed looking frail.
她躺在床上，看上去很虚弱。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·She lay in bed, contemplating.
她躺在床上冥思苦想。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·He lay on the floor groaning.
他躺在地板上呻吟。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·They lay broiling in the sun.
他们躺在太阳底下几乎要晒熟了。
—— 《牛津词典》
1·It's a symbolic shift, because it wasn't so long ago that it was Russian engineers who toiled away to lay rails across the steppes of Central Asia.
这是一个具有象征意义的转变，因为就在不那么久以前，在中亚大草原上辛勤铺设铁路的，还是俄罗斯的工程技术人员。
2·As urban power demands increase, we could rip up streets to lay new lines, but an easier solution is just to cram more copper into the conduits we already have.
随着城市电力需求增长，铺设新电线就要通过破坏街道路面来进行。 不过，只需要在现有管道里填充更多的铜线就可以更简单地解决这个问题。
3·Think of it as a railroad car hurtling down the line at the same time that attendants scramble to hitch on the wheels and lay the track.
而这就像当一辆有轨电车沿着路线疾驰的同时，乘务员在极力减缓车速以便铺设新的轨道。
4·This is the most expensive place to lay networks and the last mile of cable is faster than a copper wire.
最后一截网络铺设最为昂贵，有线电路在此段的速度快于铜线电路。
5·8#Road-crew workers lay hot asphalt near the city of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, shaping Indian infrastructure with their rakes and feet.
8/21北方邦（Uttar Pradesh）坎普尔附近，筑路工人正在铺设沥青，印度基础建设就是靠他们一.耙一脚铺出来的。
1·Yesterday's meeting was to lay the groundwork for the task ahead.
昨天的会议为后面的任务打下了基础。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Einstein's broader theory of relativity told us more about how the universe works and helped to lay the foundation for quantum physics, but it also introduced more confusion into theoretical science.
爱因斯坦的广义相对论令我们更了解宇宙的运作方式并且为量子物理学打下了基础，但是也为理论科学带了了更大的困惑。
3·The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act -- not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth.
经济形势要求我们果敢而迅速地行动，我们将不辱使命——不仅要创造新的就业机会，而且要打下新的增长基础。
4·Although billions were lopped off his original plan, most of his proposals emerged unscathed, including cash to lay the foundation for a nationwide healthcare system.
虽然他最初提出的方案中有几十亿被砍掉了，但大多数提案看来还是完好无损的，其中就有为全国医疗体系打下基础的资金投入。
5·Your project environment lays the foundation for how your development team will work together, so you need to lay the foundation as early as you can.
项目环境为开发小组如何共同工作打下基础，因此需要尽早打下这个基础。
1·But what's more remarkable (at least to me — a lay person and an accident waiting to happen) is the relative ease with which he works.
但更神奇的是(至少对于我这样一个肯定会出错的外行来说)，他可以相当轻松地完成工作。
2·We point out that the content of science communication does not only include scientific knowledge, but also include lay knowledge.
科学传播的内容不仅包括科学知识，而且包括外行知识。
3·Lay one hand on my daughter, and I will have you in Court to answer charges.
外行一方面对我的女儿，我可以让你在回答法庭的指控。
4·Lay witnesses are constrained to testify only about matters they have directly observed.
外行证人被限制在仅就他们直接观察到的事物作证。
1·He stepped over a clown who lay on the ground.
他在一个在地面上放置的小丑之上踏。
2·Yet these distractions did not lay his mind at rest.
这些分心没有放置他的头脑休息。
3·The computer would lay spheres in a disk, and when it ran out of room, it would move up until it found enough space to fit another sphere.
计算机将球形物放置在碟子上，当没有空间时，它会往上挪动直到其给其它球形物留足空间。
4·The second part of a spatial reference system is its projection, which defines how to lay out the Earth surface onto a 2-d surface.
空间引用系统的第二部分是投影，它定义了如何将地球表面放置在2 - d平面上。
5·The first step for the map creator is to lay the basic floor tiles.
第一步是地图编辑是放置基本的“ 地板砖”。