A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
铺设
Laid
The devout have laid out gardens in the desert.
虔诚的信徒在沙漠中开辟了花园。
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
建筑物越高，地基必须打得越深。
Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
像所有软弱的人一样，他过分强调不要改变主意。
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
如果把所有的经济学家首尾相连，他们永远也不会得出结论。
Things went in a direction that I didn't want to go. I started doing bit parts and things that are pretty much laid out for people in my position. The parts were pretty generic.
事情朝着我不想去的方向发展。我开始做一些零零碎碎的事情，基本上都是为我这个位置的人准备的。这些部分都很普通。
I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back.
我是胎死腹中。助产士把我放在一边，以为我真的走了。我在那儿躺了大约一个小时，他们把我抱起来，又试了一次，因为我的身体还很暖和。上帝把我带回来了。