He lay down and was asleep immediately.

他躺下, 很快地睡着了。

They lay down under a canopy of stars.

他们躺在繁的天幕下。

Our work must answer the specifications laid down.

我们的工作应符合所定的规范。

Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.

保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定。

The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence.

这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的。

There are laying down gas pipes.

他们正在铺设煤气管。

Thousands upon thousands of martyrs have heroically laid down their lives for the people.

成千万的先烈为了人民而英地牺牲了。

These monsters would not lay down their cleavers even when on the brink of their own destruction.

这些魔鬼临死也不会放下屠刀。

And "normative ethics" is characterized by its peremptoriness, that is, rules are laid down through legislation to set one's goal and norms of behavior.

“规范伦理”的特性在于它的强制性，即通过理性的立法自身立定规则，规定行为的目标和行为的活动方式。

After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.

我放下了笔，在金合欢树荫盖的步了几个来回。从那里可以看见田野、湖水和远山。

That said, I think we should first lay down a solid foundation -- a base line -- of extreme homophobia, jingoism, fear of the Other, and a psychotic rapaciousness toward the natural world.

我们首先要放下成见（那是我们所谓的底线），放下那些对同性恋极度的厌恶，摒弃沙文主义，摒弃与他人之间的隔阂，摒弃对大自然疯狂的掠夺。

I opened my worn-out cotton quilt, put the book of Capital Theory under the quilt as my pillow, and lay down on my Bed flatling and acted as if there was no one else present.

我打开我的烂网套，把哲学讲师送我的《资本论》第一卷塞在网套下当枕头，旁若无人地、直挺挺地在我的“床”躺下了。