lie in

• The whole thing lay in a nutshell .
  一切都非常简单明了。
• I gave him the lie in his throat .
  我当面责备他是撒谎。
• The happy effect for vernon lay in a distant future .
  维农的幸福结局在遥远的未来。
• Part of the reason for this lies in ionic association .
  其部份原因是由于离子缔合。
• In all cases the gnomon lies in the plane of the meridian .
  表始终都处于子午面内。
• She made her bed , let her lie in it .
  她是自作自受。
• He had arrested by the police who had been lying in wait .
  他被隐蔽埋伏的警察捕获。
• It is the custom to consider that wit lies in obscurity .
  现在人们都把晦涩当成聪明。
• Does our only hope of survival lie in disarmament ?
  我们求生的唯一希望就在于裁军吗？
• Her profit lay in the other articles of her management .
  她从她经营的其它事项里赚钱。