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Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.

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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary

今日发音练习重点：

easy / uneasy

crown

汉语中无法对应的英语发音：

诶 sit

爱 sad

凹 shout

斯 the

言之有物

1. 这句话为倒装句。正常语序为The head that wears the crown lies uneasy.

释义：A person who has great responsibilities, such as a king, is constantly worried and therefore doesn't sleep soundly. This saying is a line from the play King Henry the Fourth, Part Two, by William Shakespeare.

lie是状态动词，常用作系动词表示“处于…水平状态”，其表语可以是形容词或形容词化的现在分词及过去分词。如：

He lay sick in bed. 他卧病在床。（他处于生病的状态）

The book lied open. 书展开放在桌上。（书处于展开的状态）

The machinery was lying idle because of the strike.

机器因罢工而闲置着。

*许多状态动词都能用作系动词。像 stand（处于…直立状态）、keep（处于…保持状态）、lean（处于…倾斜状态）、curl（处于…螺旋状态）等都可以跟形容词、过去分词和现在分词作表语。

这句话还可以说成：Heavy is the head who wears the crown.

Susan began to have trouble sleeping shortly after she was promoted to head of her department. "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," her friends teased.

Susan升职为部门经理后一直睡不好。她朋友开玩笑说：头戴王冠，必承其重。

2. uneasy adj.

① not easy 不容易的

√ ② worried 担忧的

The farmers were uneasy until it finally rained.

③ unquiet 不平静的

an uneasy night

④ unstable 不稳定的

an uneasy truce

⑤ unsure in manner; constrained 不自在的

I feel uneasy in front of an audience.

我在观众面前感到不自在。