他手持棍子奮力沖打。

他手持棍子猛打他們。
He rushed into the midst of the hooligans and laid about him fearlessly.

他沖到那群惡棍中間,毫無畏懼地向四面八方亂打。
When ruffians attacked him, he laid about them vigorously.

當歹徒攻擊他時,他奮勇地跟他們搏斗。

我把這一問題直截了當地向他提出來。
The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.

提名委員會把候選人名單提交全體委員會討論。
We laid the issue before the committee.

我們向委員會提出了這個問題。
The bill has been laid before the Congress.

該議案已提交國會審議。

每月他從薪水中存儲50美元。

他們乘黑暗等著他,他一下車,他們一起向他猛撲過去。
The bandits laid for him in the dark.

歹徒們埋伏在暗處伺機攻擊他。 lay sth for sb
The hunter laid a trap for the tiger.

獵人設置了陷阱捕捉老虎。

彼得正為他的結婚聚會儲備紅葡萄酒。
Mother is laying in with some peanuts for the Spring Festival.

母親正為春節準備一些花生。 lay sth ? in
She has laid in provisions against a shortage.

她貯藏糧食以備短缺。
We usually lay in extra coal in case of emergencies .

我們通常額外貯備一些煤,以備急用。
She bought many fresh eggs and preserved them in salted water, because she wanted to lay them in for her little son.

她買了許多鮮蛋用鹽水腌了起來,因為她想存起來給她的小兒子吃。
At the beginning of the winter supplies were laid in, in case heavy falls of snow should block the road.

為預防下大雪阻塞道路,在初冬人們就把生活必需品儲備起來了。

他很怕在外邊呆得太晚,唯恐母親又要把他痛打一頓。
At the committee meeting the experts laid into each other fiercely.

在委員會會議上,專家們互相猛烈抨擊。
The senator laid into the opponents of his bill.

那位參議員抨擊反對他的提案的人。
In a speech of about twenty minutes he laid into the Opposition.

在大約二十分鐘的發言中,他痛斥了反對黨。
He laid into the defenders and scored a goal.

他攻入守區并踢進一球。

醫生要我休息一周。
The teacher told him to lay off a couple of days.

老師告訴他休息一兩天。 lay off
I wish you would lay off!

但愿你別再說別人不好了。 lay sb ? off
Bill has not lost his job. His firm laid him off for two weeks.

比爾并沒有失業,他的公司讓他停工兩周。
In the economic depression the firm laid off some of their workmen.

經濟蕭條時,公司臨時辭退了一些工人。
The factory had to lay some workers off when its orders decreased.

訂貨減少,那所工廠得解雇一些工人。
The work force has been laid off.

工人們被辭退了。
Five hundred men were laid off when the factory closed after the fire.

大火過后,這家工廠關閉了,500名工人被解雇。
There has been nothing to do since I got laid off.

從我被解雇以來,我一直沒活干。

戰士們開始猛烈地進攻。
Taking up a stick, he caught the boy and laid on vigorously.

他操起一根棍子,抓住那男孩猛打。 lay on
They all moved into apartments with water and electricity laid on.

他們都搬進了裝有水電的單元套房。
We have got a house with gas and water laid on.

我們有了裝有煤氣和自來水的房子。 lay sth ? on
The firm always lays on a special meal for the staff about Christmas.

圣誕節前后,這家公司總是為全體職員供應一頓特殊的飯。
The telephone is laid on.

電話已安裝好了。 lay sth ? on
They laid on two coats of paint.

他們已涂了兩層油漆。
She laid the paint on thickly.

她濃濃地抹了一層脂粉。 lay sth ? on
The government has laid on a new tax.

政府已開征新稅。
The firm is laying on higher prices.

這個公司正在強行加價。 lay sth ? on
I'll lay on a car tomorrow and have you run down to London.

明天我安排一部車將你送到倫敦市內。
I laid on a party for his birthday.

我為他的生日安排一個慶祝會。
Sightseeing tours were laid on for the distinguished visitors from China.

給中國來的貴賓安排了旅游觀光。

這艘船停泊在海岸外面。 lay sth to off sth
He laid the ship to off the coast.

他把船停泊在海岸外面。

房子里地面都鋪了地毯。
This road is laid with asphalt.

這條路是用瀝青鋪的。