I rested my elbows on the table.

我把胳臂肘放在桌子上。

The peace treaty rests on shaky foundations.

这项和平条约建于不稳固的基础上。

It was resting on (or upon ) two supports.

它基于（或 upon ) 两点证明。

The climbers rested on a sheltered ledge jutting out from the cliff.

登山者在悬崖的岩棚上休息。

A laborer takes a rest on a cinder dumpsite in Changzhi, China.

在中国长治，一名工人在煤渣垃圾场酣睡。

His argument does not rest on reasoning or on experiment, but on authority.

他的论点不是依靠推理或者实验, 而是靠权威。

His eyes rested on her doubtfully.

他可疑地注视她。

That is,of course,not to say that the blame rests solely on the student.

这当然不是说责任全在那个学生身上。

It is rare for the responsibility for causing conflict to rest solely on one side.

只因为一方就造成冲突是很少见的。

A vizcacha, close relative of the chinchilla, rests on an outcropping in Chile's Atacama Desert.

在智利的阿塔卡马沙漠，一只兔鼠正在石头上小憩，它是南美栗鼠的近亲。

The resposibility rests on us.

这由我们负责。

Wooden dories rest on the shore of a lagoon in Nueva Armenia on the Honduran coast.

在洪都拉斯沿海新亚美尼亚的一个淡水湖畔，木舟静静漂浮。

One theory about the existence of extraterrestrial life rests on the presence of carbon compounds in meteorites.

地球外存在生命的理论是基于陨星上存在碳化合物质这一事实的。

Those war plans rested on a belief in the ineluctable superiority of the offense over the defense.

那些战争计划有一个信念为基础，即进攻必然比防守有利。

Cumulate plagioclase appears abruptly at the base of the F unit, which rests on an erosional disconformity .

堆积的斜长石在位于侵蚀假整合之上的F单元的基底突然出现。

I know you got a very good degree from Oxford but what are you going to do with your life now? You can’t rest on your laurels for ever, you know.

我知道你在牛津得了个好学位，可是你对现在的生活又有什么打算呢？要知道，你不可能一辈子躺在过去的成绩上。

The tobacconist on the other side of the street brought a chair out on to the pavement in front of his door and sat astride it, resting his arms on the back.

对面人行道上，卖烟的搬出一把椅子，倒放在门前，双腿骑上，两只胳膊放在椅背上。