lie-in

基本解释

Scientists have identified a ‘sleepless elite’ – a small group of people for whom a lie-in is a waste of time.
科学家已证实存在“夜猫子精英”一族，对这些为数不多的人来说，睡懒觉就是在浪费生命。
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The OECD concluded that shopping, soaking in the bath, grooming, having a lie-in or taking a long lunch all count as work rather than leisure.
经合组织总结称，购物、沐浴、梳妆、睡懒觉或是花很长时间吃午饭都被计入了工作而非休闲活动。
But you’d be wrong. A weekend lie-in doesn’t make up for the hours of shut-eye lost by burning the candle at both ends in the days before, scientists say.
但是你错了，科学家称，周末睡懒觉其实也很难将你在前几天熬更守夜所失去的睡眠时间弥补回来。

When I had waited a long time, without hearing him lie down, I decided to open a little -- a very,very little -- crack in the lantern.
- Now that's a slight lie-- or actually in these days of political debates, a slight misspeaking, a wonderful word-- -- it is technically correct. It is enough to allow us to write any program, but it's not enough to allow us to easily write any program.
现在还有点说谎的感觉,或者在这些强调政治辩论的日子中，可以说成是有些词不达意-,这是一个绝妙的形容词,在语义上是完全正确的，用这种语言我们可以编写任何程序,但是不能轻松地编写程序。
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In January 2007, Delta also unveiled plans for lie-flat seats in its BusinessElite cabin.
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