为某事之理由，是……的原因

lain behind───躺在后面

lie behind───为某事之理由，是……的原因

leave behind───留下；遗留；超过

fall behind───拖欠；落在后面

hang behind───vi.落后

lies behind───躺在后面

get behind───支持；落后；识破

leaved behind───留下的

leaves behind───留下

this strange outburst?───这反常的感情冲动的真正原因是什么？

What lay behind his anger was really the hurt he felt at Grace's refusal.───他的愤怒背后其实是遭格雷斯拒绝而感到的心痛。

It seems that what lay behind the clashes was disagreement over the list of candidates.───造成冲突的原因好像是对于候选人名单意见不一致。

Even the authoress of the Pageant cannot grasp its symbolism as for her 'another play always lay behind the play she had just written'.───即便是叙述这个演变的作者也不能确切把握此象征，以至于“她常常因为这部小说而不得不搁置其它的作品”。

Perhaps, however, Mr MacAskill's moralising is merely rhetorical chaff, thrown up to disguise the realpolitik that lay behind the release.───但是，迈克阿斯克尔先生的布道或许仅仅是仓促间为掩饰背后的现实政治而做的官样文章。

When they came downstairs, The radio was still on. Dawn had come up, but the sun lay behind a thin cloud cover.───他们走下楼梯，那收音机还在播放着。黎明已经降临，太阳却还躲在一层薄薄的彩云中。

She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me, I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little strategems.───我真不应该从她身边逃开…我应该猜到，在她那些可怜的小花招后面藏着多少情意。

A number of clear objectives lay behind the establishment of the river water quality monitoring programme.───河溪水质监测计划有多项明确的目标。

ldquo; We cannot know to what extent sexual urges lay behind Charles's preference for drawing and photographing children in the nude.───我们不知道是什么性冲动和性喜好促使他去画小孩的裸体或拍摄他们的裸体的。

Squalor and poverty lay behind the city's glittering facade.

Perhaps a bitter experience lay behind her anger.

She soon guessed what lay behind his question.

It seems that what lay behind the clashes was disagreement over the list of candidates.

I wonder what lay behind the president's speech.

Two basic assumptions lay behind the policy.

What lay behind his anger was really the hurt he felt at Grace's refusal.

What lay behind this strange outburst?

What lay behind this new outbreak?