Powell ruptured a disc in his back and was laid up for a year.
鮑威爾背部椎間盤破裂，因此臥床一年。
100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit.
10萬名聯(lián)邦工作人員將被解雇以減少赤字。
When we got home from our day's shopping, we laid all our booty out on the floor.
我們購物一天回到家里，把搜羅到的好東西都攤開擺在地板上。