LIEto lie down1 to lie down after you have been standing or sitting2 to be in a lying positionto tell a lie3 to say or write something that is not true4 something untrue that is said or written5 to invent a false story, excuse, name etc6 someone who liesRELATED WORDSsee alsoSTANDSITBEND (2)RESTSLEEPRELAX/RELAXED1 to lie down after you have been standing or sitting 从站或坐的姿势躺下lie down /ˌlaɪ ˈdaʊn/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to put yourself in a flat position on a surface such as a bed, especially in order to relax or to go to sleep 躺下〔尤指以便休息或睡觉〕 You look really tired. Why don't you go and lie down for a while? 你看上去很累，为何不去躺一会儿? For this exercise, it is best to lie down, or sit with both feet on the floor. 这个运动最好躺下做，或者双脚着地坐着。lie down on I didn't feel very well, so I lay down on the bed and tried to rest. 我感觉不太舒服，所以我躺在床上，想休息一下。lie /laɪ/ [intransitive verb]to put yourself in a flat position on a surface 躺，平卧lie on Libby switched off the light and lay on the couch, staring into the darkness. 莉比关了灯，躺在沙发上，凝视着一片黑暗。 Lie on the floor and put your legs in the air. 躺在地上，翘起双腿。lie on your back/stomach The baby was lying on his back in his crib, perfectly content. 宝宝正仰卧在他的小床里，一副心满意足的样子。stretch out /ˌstretʃ ˈaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to lie with your body and legs straight so that you can relax 伸展着身子躺 I think I'll go upstairs and stretch out for a little while. 我准备上楼去躺一会儿。stretch out on ‘I'm pooped,’ said Homer, stretching out on his bunk. “我筋疲力尽了。”霍默直挺挺地躺在他的床上说。sprawl/sprawl out /sprɔːl, ˌsprɔːl ˈaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to lie or sit with your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way 〔懒洋洋地〕摊着手脚躺着sprawl/sprawl out on ‘What a beautiful day,’ said Olly, sprawling out on the sand. 奥利摊着手脚躺在沙地上，“多好的天气啊。”他说。 Kerry came into the room, obviously drunk, and sprawled on the bed. 克里走进房间，显然是喝醉了，然后摊着手脚躺倒在床上。2 to be in a lying position 处于躺卧的姿势lie /laɪ/ [intransitive verb]to be in a flat position, for example on a bed or the floor 躺，平卧lie in/on etc I spent most of the morning lying in bed. 那天上午我大部分时间都躺在床上。lie face down When they found him, he was lying face down in a pool of blood. 他们发现他时，他正趴在一摊血泊之中。lie on your back/stomach Frank was lying there flat on his back, snoring away. 弗兰克在那里仰卧，打着呼噜睡着了。recline /rɪˈklaɪn/ [intransitive verb]formalto lie or lean back in a very relaxed way 【正式】斜倚，靠；半躺recline on Many of Roche's earlier paintings are of young men reclining on sofas. 罗奇的许多早期画作都是斜靠在沙发上的年轻男子。recline in Reclining in a comfortable chair, David idly flipped through a magazine. 戴维斜靠在一把舒适的椅子上，懒懒地翻阅着一本杂志。reclining [adjective] She later did a series of photographic studies of reclining nudes. 她后来拍摄了一系列半躺的裸体摄影习作。stretched out /ˌstretʃt ˈaʊt/ [adjective phrase]lying with your body and legs straight in order to relax because your body is tired 伸展着身子躺着的 Sean was stretched out on the carpet, listening to music. 肖恩伸直身子躺在地毯上听音乐。 As she let herself in the front door, she caught sight of Stafford, stretched out on the sofa, a book in hand. 她从前门进屋的时候看见了斯坦福，他正躺在沙发上，手里捧着一本书。lie stretched out The dog lay stretched out in front of the fire. 那狗摊卧在炉火前。sprawled/sprawled out /sprɔːld, ˌsprɔːld ˈaʊt/ [adjective]lying or sitting with your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way 〔懒洋洋地〕摊着手脚躺着的 There was Quinn, sprawled out on the grass, sound asleep. 奎因摊着手脚躺在草地上，睡得正香。lie sprawled/sprawled out The children were lying sprawled out in front of the television. 孩子们摊着手脚躺在电视机前面。spreadeagled /ˌspredˈiːgəldǁˈsprediːgəld/ [adjective]especially Britishlying flat with your arms and legs spread as wide apart as possible 【尤英】伸开四肢平躺着的 Ellen lost her balance and ended up spreadeagled on her back on the pavement. 埃伦失去平衡，最后在人行道上跌得四脚朝天。 The court heard how he confronted the couple, forced them to lie spreadeagled on the ground, and pointed a gun at their heads. 法庭听取了他如何威胁这对夫妇，逼他们摊开手脚躺在地上，并用枪指着他们的头。3 to say or write something that is not true 说谎lie /laɪ/ [intransitive verb]to deliberately tell someone something that is not true 说谎，撒谎 I looked at her face and just knew that she was lying. 我看她的脸，就知道她在说谎。lie to Don't lie to me! I know where you were last night. 别对我说谎！我知道你昨晚在哪里。lie about Movie stars always lie about their age. 电影明星总是不说真实年龄。lie through your teethto deliberately say something that is completely untrue, in a way that makes other people angry or upset 睁着眼说瞎话，撒弥天大谎 ‘The witness was lying through his teeth,’ said Davis, ‘and should be charged with perjury.’ “那证人是在睁眼说瞎话，”戴维斯说，“应该控告他作伪证。〕〕tell a lie /ˌtel ə ˈlaɪ/ [verb phrase]to deliberately tell someone something that is not true 说谎 The guy's always telling lies. 那家伙老是撒谎。 Are you accusing me of telling lies? 你是在说我撒谎吗？ The boys tell lies to get each other into trouble. 这些男孩经常说谎，令大家都遇上麻烦。tell somebody a lie Of course it's true. I wouldn't tell you a lie. 这当然是真的，我是不会对你撒谎的。tell tales /ˌtel ˈteɪlz/ [verb phrase]Britishif someone, especially a child,tells tales, they tell lies about someone else, in order to make you believe that the other person has behaved badly 【英】〔尤指儿童〕撒谎；搬弄是非 Daisy Venables, you naughty girl, have you been telling tales again? 黛西·维纳布尔斯，你这个顽皮的姑娘，是不是又在搬弄是非了？tell tales on According to the children, telling tales on each other was as bad as cheating. 在孩子们看来，相互之间造谣说的坏话和欺骗一样不好。tell fibsalsotell porkiesBritish informal /ˌtel ˈfɪbz, ˌtel ˈpɔːʳkiz/ [verb phrase]to tell lies, especially ones that are not very important - used especially by children 撒小谎〔尤为儿语〕 Now, Martin, you mustn't tell fibs. 好了，马丁，你不可以说谎。 His mother says that he sometimes tells fibs. 他母亲说他有时会撒点小谎。fib /fɪb/ [intransitive verb]to tell a lie - especially one that is not very important 撒小谎 When she asked if they wanted to stay for tea, Larry fibbed and said they had a few errands to run. 她问他们要不要留下来喝杯茶，拉里就借口说他们要去办点事儿。fib about He fibbed about his age. 他没有说真实年龄。be economical with the truth /biː ekəˌnɒmɪkəl wɪð ðə ˈtruːθǁ-ˌnɑː-/ [verb phrase usually in progressive]especially Britishto not tell the whole truth about something - use this in a humorous way to say indirectly that someone is lying 【尤英】没有全部说实话〔一种幽默的说法，委婉说某人在说谎〕 Don't you feel like you're being a bit economical with the truth here? 你不觉得自己没有全部说实话吗？ Leonard had, as he put it, been ‘economical with the truth’ at times. 伦纳德就像他说的，有时没有完全说实话。perjury /ˈpɜːʳdʒəri/ [uncountable noun]the crime of telling a lie in a court of law when you have promised to tell the truth 伪证罪commit perjury Do you realise that by lying to the court you have committed perjury? 你是否知道向法庭撒谎就是犯了伪证罪？charge somebody with perjury Both witnesses are accused of giving false evidence and will likely be charged with perjury. 两名证人都被指控提供虚假证据，可能会以伪证罪被起诉。find somebody guilty of perjury Hall was found guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice. 霍尔被判作伪证和妨碍司法公正的罪名成立。4 something untrue that is said or written 谎言lie /laɪ/ [countable noun]something that you say which you know is not true 谎言，假话 Jim said that he was planning to stay home and watch TV, but I knew it was a lie. 吉姆说他打算留在家里看电视，但我知道那是说谎。lie about How can the newspapers print all these lies about her? 报纸怎么可以刊登这些有关她的谎言呢?a pack of liesso many lies that you feel shocked or angry 一派胡言 He called the report ‘a pack of lies’. 他称那篇报道是“一派胡言”。a bald-faced/an outright/a downright liea clear and shocking lie 无耻/彻底/彻头彻尾的谎言 Davenport said the congressman's allegations were nothing more than ‘downright lies’. 达文波特说这位国会议员的指控是“彻头彻尾的谎言”。white lie /ˌwaɪt ˈlaɪ/ [countable noun]a lie that does not harm anyone, especially one that is told in order to avoid hurting someone's feelings 善意的谎言 It's just a little white lie. No real harm done. 这只是一个善意的谎言，不会有真正的伤害。 I told him his suit looked wonderful, which was a white lie. 我对他说他的衣服看上去棒极了。那是个善意的谎言。 ‘I'm sorry I couldn't come. I had a really bad headache,’ she explained, resorting to a white lie. “对不起我不能来了，我头痛得厉害。”她编了个善意的谎言解释道。fib /fɪb/ [countable noun]informala lie, especially one that is not very important 【非正式】无关紧要的谎言，小谎 You're not telling me a fib, are you? 你不会是在对我说谎吧？fib about I had to make up some fib about why I was late. 我只得编了个理由说我为什么迟到。falsehood /ˈfɔːlshʊd/ [countable noun]formalan untrue statement or story, especially one that has been carefully and deliberately invented to give people the wrong idea about someone or something 【正式】谎言；不实之辞 Mudge, in a written statement Wednesday, said the article was a collection of ‘falsehoods and misinformation’. 马奇在星期三的一份书面声明中说，这篇文章全是“欺人之谈”。spread a falsehood Why Campbell had chosen to spread such a falsehood is a mystery. 坎贝尔为什么要散布这样的谣言是一个谜。half-truth /ˈhɑːf truːθǁˈhæf-/ [countable noun]a statement that is almost a lie because it does not tell the whole truth about something 半真半假的话 McCarthy's blend of half-truths and lies ruined many careers in government and the professions. 麦卡锡的言论，有的半真半假，有的纯属谎言，毁掉了政府和专门行业里许多人的事业。 Forbes’ book on Bonham is littered with half-truths, and, in some cases, outright lies. 福布斯写的关于博纳姆的那本书里充满了失实的内容，有的纯粹是弥天大谎。misinformation /ˌmɪsɪnfəʳˈmeɪʃən/ [uncountable noun]incorrect information, especially information that is deliberately intended to deceive people 〔尤指故意欺骗人的〕错误信息，假消息 According to Kramer, the Internet is a storehouse of lies and misinformation. 按照克雷默的说法，互联网是谎言和假消息的大仓库。misinformation about ‘For months, the Democrats have run television commercials filled with misinformation about the Republican Party,’ said Dawson. “连月来，民主党播出的电视广告充斥了关于共和党的错误信息。”道森说。disinformation /ˌdɪsɪnfəʳˈmeɪʃən/ [uncountable noun]false information which is given deliberately in order to hide the truth or confuse people, especially in political situations 〔故意隐瞒真相混淆视听的〕虚假消息〔尤用于政治情况〕 The Russian Foreign Ministry denounced the report as ‘disinformation’. 俄罗斯外交部斥责这篇报道，说它是“虚假的消息”。disinformation about Logan said government agents are still spreading disinformation about leaders of the political reform movement. 洛根说，政府的密探仍在继续散布有关政治改革运动领导人的谣言。propaganda /ˌprɒpəˈgændəǁˌprɑː-/ [uncountable noun]false or partly false information that is spread by a government or political organization, in order to make people support and agree with their political aims and beliefs 〔政府或政治组织为得到人们支持和认同所做的〕宣传 Propaganda is a tool of war. 宣传是战争的工具。Communist/US etc propaganda Radio Marti is still there, spewing its US propaganda across the waters toward Cuba. 马蒂广播电台仍在大放厥词，向古巴越洋播送美国的宣传。propaganda campaignan organized plan to spread propaganda 宣传活动 In Najaf, Khomeini had begun a propaganda campaign against the Shah. 在纳杰夫，霍梅尼向沙发起了一轮宣传攻势。anti-Western/anti-Communist/anti-Labour etc propaganda a piece of anti-Communist propaganda 一个反共宣传smear campaign /ˈsmɪəʳ kæmˌpeɪn/ [countable noun]when people tell lies about someone in the newspapers, on television etc, in order to make people have a bad opinion of that person 〔通过报纸、电视等进行的〕诽谤活动mount a smear campaign against somebody The Labour Party mounted a smear campaign against Livingstone before the election. 大选前，工党向利文斯通发起了诽谤活动。5 to invent a false story, excuse, name etc 编造假的故事、理由、名字等make up /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ [transitive phrasal verb]to think of a story, excuse, explanation etc that is not true, especially in order to deceive people or to protect yourself 编造〔故事、理由、解释等，尤为了欺骗别人或保护自己〕make up something I gave her the wrong name, and made up a telephone number with a Los Angeles area code. 我告诉她一个假的名字，还编了一个有洛杉矶区号的电话号码。make something/it up You don't have to tell him why, just make something up. 你不用跟他说为什么，随便编个理由就行。invent /ɪnˈvent/ [transitive verb]to think of a story, excuse, name etc that is not true in order to deceive people 编造，捏造〔故事、理由、姓名等，用于欺骗别人〕 I invented reasons for never seeing him again. 我编了些理由，永远也不见他了。 He began inventing excuses for why he had done nothing to help. 他开始编借口解释为什么没有想办法帮忙。 He invented fictional ancestors and a family history to impress the girls. 他杜撰了一些祖先的名字和一个家族历史来打动那些女孩子。fabricate /ˈfæbrɪkeɪt/ [transitive verb]formalto think of a false story, piece of information etc in order to deceive people or prevent them from discovering the truth 【正式】编造，捏造 Officials were accused of fabricating the evidence that was given at the trial. 官员们被指控伪造呈堂证据。 The woman said she fabricated her testimony because she thought she was going to get a $10,000 reward. 那女人说她伪造了证词，因为她认为这么做可以获得一笔10,000美元的报酬。fabrication /ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən/ [countable/uncountable noun]pure fabrication Police now believe that the whole story was pure fabrication. 警方现在相信，全部事情都是捏造出来的。cook upinformal/concoctformal /ˌkʊk ˈʌp, kənˈkɒktǁ-ˈkɑːkt/ [transitive phrasal verb]to spend time thinking of a false story, excuse, plant etc, especially with other people 〔尤与别人一起〕捏造，编造 I cooked up an excuse so I could leave early. 我编了个理由，让自己可以早走。 His lawyers concocted a theory that the police had planted the evidence against him. 他的律师捏造了一种说法，说是警方栽赃于他的。cook up a scheme He cooked up some crazy scheme for making money, and ended up being arrested. 他想出个疯狂的赚钱计划，结果落入法网被捕。6 someone who lies 说谎的人liar /ˈlaɪəʳ/ [countable noun] She may be stupid, but she's not a liar. 她可能是笨一些，但她不会说谎。call somebody a liar Are you calling me a liar? 你是在说我撒谎吗？compulsive/habitual/pathological liarsomeone who cannot stop telling lies 说谎成性的人/惯性说谎者/病态说谎者 Coleman described the president as a ‘pathological liar’ and ‘a criminal in the White House.’ 科尔曼形容总统为“病态的说谎者”，是“白宫里的犯罪分子”。fibber /ˈfɪbəʳ/ [countable noun]someone who tells lies, especially ones that are not very important 说谎者〔尤指说了无关紧要的谎言的人〕 You are such a fibber! 你真是会说谎！