Lay 和 lie 连母语者都会搞混,主要是因为 lie 的过去式正好是 lay。一张表加一个问题,就能把它们理清楚。

简短回答 #

  • Lay 的意思是放置某物,后面一定要有宾语:Lay the book on the table.(把书放在桌上。)
  • Lie 的意思是躺、平放着,后面从不跟宾语:I need to lie down.(我需要躺一下。)

问自己一个问题 #

是不是有东西被放下?

  • 是 → 用 lay(lay the baby down、lay your phone on the desk)
  • 不是,只是某人或某物躺着、放着 → 用 lie(lie on the sofa、the papers lie on the desk)

时态表 #

现在时 过去式 过去分词 -ing 形式
lay(放置) lay laid laid laying
lie(躺) lie lay lain lying

最容易出错的地方:lay 同时也是 lie 的过去式。

  • Today I lie down. Yesterday I lay down. I have lain down.
  • Today I lay the keys here. Yesterday I laid them here. I have laid them here.

例句 #

  • Please lay the forms on my desk.(请把表格放在我桌上。)
  • He laid the phone face down.(他把手机屏幕朝下放着。)
  • I'm going to lie down for an hour.(我要躺一个小时。)
  • The dog lay in the sun all afternoon.(那条狗在太阳下躺了一下午。)

Lie(说谎) #

另一个 lie 表示说谎,它是规则动词:lie, lied, lied。He lied about his age.(他谎报了年龄。)

常见错误 #

错误 正确
I'm going to lay down. I'm going to lie down.
She laid in bed all day. She lay in bed all day.
Lie the box over there. Lay the box over there.

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