When the war ended in 1945, the world lay in ruins.

1945年战争结束时，世界一片废墟。

When the smoke cleared, residents saw that about one-third of Chicago lay in ruins.

当烟雾散去时，居民们看到芝加哥三分之一的地方变成了废墟。

Thousands of homes and government buildings lay in ruins, along with crucial rice crops.

数以千计的房屋和政府大楼以及重要的水稻作物被毁。

In 15 terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. The suffering of the people was extreme.

在可怕的15秒钟内，一座大城市就沉沦在一片废墟之中。人们遭受的灾难极为深重。

A sprawling migrant camp in Greece lay in ruins today, after a second fire in as many nights.

希腊一个庞大的移民营今天成了一片废墟，第二个晚间发生大火。

On the city's other side, looters broke into businesses. This morning, stores lay in ruins, leaving some people irate.

抢劫者闯入了另一边的商店。今早，商店成了一片废墟，让一些人愤怒不已。

It was not surprising that the North showed little sympathy when the fighting stopped and the South lay in ruins.

当战争停止，南方变为废墟时，北方并没有表现出多少同情也就不足为奇了。

Soon the Portuguese capital lay in ruins.

很快，葡萄牙首都变成了一片废墟。

The town now lay in ruins.

【lie】该镇现已成为一片废墟。

When Iraqi forces finally evicted ISIS from Mosul on July 10, 2017, the city lay in ruins.

2017 年 7 月 10 日，当伊拉克军队最终将 ISIS 赶出摩苏尔时，这座城市已成为一片废墟。

There, the ways of the ancient Celts survived untouched by the outside world long after Rome itself lay in ruins.

在那里，古代凯尔特人的生活方式在罗马本身成为废墟很久之后仍未受到外界影响。

In 1945 when the war ended and peace enveloped the world, like most of Europe, the VW factory lay in ruins.

1945 年， 战争结束，和平笼罩世界， 就像欧洲大部分地区一样，大众汽车工厂成了废墟。

I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert; all its towns lay in ruins before the Lord, before his fierce anger.

我观看，不料，肥田变为荒地，一切城邑在耶和华面前，因他的烈怒都被拆毁。"

Many boards were nailed across the walls and the door had been fastened with heavy wires, for beyond, the building lay in ruins.

墙上钉了许多木板， 门也用粗铁丝固定， 因为远处的建筑已成废墟。

By the time Alfred the Great came to the throne in 871, most of the great monasteries of Northumbria and Mercia lay in ruins and only Wessex remained as an independent kingdom.

到 871 年阿尔弗雷德大帝登基时， 诺森比亚和麦西亚的大部分大修道院都已成为废墟， 只有威塞克斯仍然是一个独立的王国。

'I think, therefore I am, ' he said (Cogito, ergo sum); and on the basis of this certainty he set to work to build up again the world of knowledge which his doubt had laid in ruins.

他说（Cogito， ergo sum）； 并基于这种确定性， 他开始着手重建被他的怀疑摧毁的​​知识世界。

On approaching the house from the back, one entered an open room, where nearly all the walls lay in ruins. On one side the remains of a chapel could be seen, now covered with the thickest ivy.

从后面走近房子，进入一间敞开的房间，几乎所有的墙壁都成了废墟。在一侧可以看到小教堂的遗迹，现在覆盖着最浓密的常春藤。