1·The book lay open on his desk.
那本书摊开放在他的书桌上。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·The book lay open on the table.
书摊开在桌子上。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·The book lay open on the desk.
那本书摊开着放在桌上。
4·His book lay open on the desk.
他的书放在桌子上，打开着。
5·The letter lay open on his desk.
那封信摊开在他桌上。
6·The coast was undefended and lay open to attack.
该海岸未设防，易受攻击。
7·Her hands lay open in her lap and, loosely between them, a rosary.
她的双手摊开放在膝上，一串念珠松松地拿在手间。
8·How may this be, unless you first lay open to him the wound or trouble in your soul?
你要是不肯首先向他袒示你灵魂上的创伤或烦恼，他又怎能对症下药呢？
9·On the table near her Anatole's letter lay open. Sonya picked up the letter and began to read it.
阿纳托利的一封打开的信放在她身旁的桌上，索尼娅拿起这封信，就读起来。
10·One of the doctor's medical books lay open on the table, half of the leaves gutted out, I suppose, for pipelights.
医生的一本医学书被平放在桌子上，一半书页已被撕掉，我猜想是用去卷烟抽了。