Often the beloved is only a stimulus for all the stored up love which has lain quiet within the lover for a long time hitherto.

他们两个来自不同的世界。通常，被爱者只是一个刺激因素，激发起施爱者长期隐藏在心底的爱。

youdao

If it had been that easy, the sword would have lain on the ground for him to pick up, not in the depths of a frozen pool.

要是那么容易的话，宝剑就会躺在地上等他来捡，而不会在结冰的池塘深处了。

youdao

That is, he had lain down where the ground fell sharply away below the triple belt of wire and shouted up at the rock and earth parapet.

那是说，他伏在三重铁丝网下陡峭地朝下削的地方，抬头朝着石块和土坯垒成的胸墙大声呼喊。

youdao

The Japan he took up the leadership of in 2001 had lain in the doldrums for 11 years, never having had the crisis that might have forced it into reform, but also never achieving a gradual, consistent, consensual reform either, thanks to the power of special-interest groups to obstruct change.

ECONOMIST: It deserves, for Japan's sake, to be rewarded