lain

英 [leɪn]

美 [leɪn]

v. 躺; 平躺; 平卧; 平放; 处于，保留，保持(某种状态)
v. 说谎; 撒谎; 编造谎言
lie的过去分词

柯林斯词典

The whole area has lain waste for many years.
整个地区多年来一直荒芜着。
On the whole, her work had always lain among men.
总的看来，她的工作一直是和男人打交道。
They lay on their faces as if paralyzed, exactly as I had lain a few minutes before now.
他们面伏于地，彷佛瘫痪一般，完全和我数分钟前的姿势一样。
Booming China had not exactly been neglecting Central Asia, but its priorities had lain elsewhere.
蓬勃发展的中国其实一直没有完全忽略中亚，但其重点放在了其他地方。
This was enough to germinate the guilt which had lain dormant for years.
这事足以使潜伏在心中多年的有罪感萌发出来。
The machines have lain idle for weeks now.
这些机器已被闲置了几个星期。
The plant has lain idle for months.
工厂已经闲了几个月了。
He retrieved the paper from the dusty files where they had lain for years.
他从堆放了多年的满是灰的卷宗里找回了那篇论文。
We are waiting for water and gas to be lain on.
我们在等待供水和供气。
Had I lain for a century dead.
如果我躺下一百年死掉。