laying down

基本解释

I remember getting up, determined to do something useful, walking three steps, turning around, going back, and laying down again.
记得我站起来，立志做些有用的事情，走三步，转身回去，又躺了下来。
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It is known that Mondrian painted his stripes by laying down strips of paper, the way decorators and contemporary painters use masking tape.
据悉蒙德里安是用铺上纸条来画的，就像很多装潢师和当代画家用封口胶纸的道理一样。
In Jeremiah 32:27 God says, "I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?" (NIV) It is almost like God laying down the gauntlet saying, "I dare you.
在耶利米书32:27里上帝说，“我是主，所有人类的上帝，有什么事情对我来说是困难的吗” 这几乎是上帝下的战书 “我敢问你，想出一个我不能解决的问题。

The site gives these example sentences: "After laying down his weapon, the soldier lay down to sleep."
So there, you see Hobbes laying down a challenge.
你可以看见霍布斯挑战权威。
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The law code of Hammurabi is available to us and there's a preface to it in which he basically explains why you should obey the rules that he now is laying down for you.
汉莫拉比法典为我们提供了证据,汉莫拉比在法典的前言中向我们解释了,为什么要遵守他颁布的法律
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Recently his foreign minister offered such talks but left the question of laying down arms unanswered.
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