Let me just lay out the overview at the beginning.

我先列一下今天的大纲。

We began believing that our purpose lay in our importance, but we forfeited our power.

我们开始相信我们的意志存在于对自身的认同，但我们失去了那力量。

It did lay bare divisions in both parties.

的确暴露了两党的分歧。

We lay on the beach, saturated in the sunshine.

我们躺在沙滩上，沐浴着阳光。

The explanation for the discrepancy lay in the trees' bark.

产差异的原因就藏在树皮之中。

I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little strategems.

我本应该猜出在她那令人爱怜的花招后面所隐藏的温情。

Tsaparang lay amidst a vast and arid desert.

札布让位在一望无际的干漠中。

Sophie closed her eyes and lay quite still.

苏菲合上眼睛，一动不动地躺着。

The hands that lay upon the blanket could have belonged to a skeleton.

露在毯子外的手如同骷髅。

What does this mean? -We'll be laying off people.

代表什么? -每个部门都得裁员。

What the dresses try to convey is a Californian, laid back, relaxed, sort of aesthetic.

礼服想传达的是加州人的精神，慵懒、放松、美学。

Stalagmites grow up where lime laid and drips hit the cave floor.

含有石灰质的水滴落石床形成石笋。

It laid the framework for subsequent ocean habitats.

它为后来的海洋栖息地奠定了框架。

They cannot lay their eggs on ice for they would freeze.

它们不能在冰上产蛋 那样蛋会冻住。

Always a pleasure to lay one's eyes on your sunny visage.

见到您美丽的容颜总让人心旷神怡。

He lay down meekly in the manure, facing the door.

它乖乖地在肥料堆上躺下来，面对着门。

She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly, without looking, laid it inside.

她迅速解下围巾，看也不看，很快地把它放进了盒子。

It is time for you to lay aside your old differences and trust each other.

现在你们应该抛弃昔日的分歧，互相信任。

She couldn't have laid it on thicker.

她真是已经口不择言了。

Beneath the protecting shroud of ash, the city lay intact.

在厚厚的火山灰的保护下，座城市完好无损。