They lay snug and warm amid the blankets and watched their sister hard at work.

他们躺在温暖舒服的毯子中，看着姐姐辛苦地干活。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

You can't lay down hard and fast rules.

规则不能定得太死。

《牛津词典》

For today, the story may be most important as an illustration of how secrecy can become a burden that is hard to lay down and a habit that is hard to break.

而在今天，要展示“故作神秘”究竟如何成为一个国家无法卸下的负担、如何变成一个很难改掉的陋习，这个故事必是一个最有份量的例子。

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But, according to Becker, cost-cutting opportunities would be limited since it is hard to lay people off in the home market of both banks.

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The Conservatives pushed really hard there to lay the blame for cuts at the local Labour council's door.

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At night they lay on hard beds without pillows and, behind their closed eyelids, their unsettled thoughts ran in opposite directions.

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