1、lay down

（通常指用完后）放下， 擱下

Daniel finished the article and laid the newspaper down on his desk.

丹尼爾看完文章后把報紙放在他的書桌上。

She laid down her knife and fork and pushed her plate away.

她放下刀叉，推開盤子。

規定；制定；頒布

The Companies Act lays down a set of minimum requirements.

《公司法》規定了一系列最低標準。

Taxis must conform to the rigorous standards laid down by the police.

出租車必須遵守警方的嚴格規定。

放下（武器）

The drug-traffickers have offered to lay down their arms.

毒販們已同意放下武器。

2、band

（流行音樂）樂隊，樂團

He was a drummer in a rock band.

他曾是一個搖滾樂團的鼓手。

Local bands provide music for dancing.

當地的樂隊為跳舞伴樂。

（一）群；（一）幫；（一）伙

a small but growing band of Japanese companies taking their first steps into American publishing.

數量不多、但仍在增長的一批初次涉足美國出版業的日本公司

（用以加固或捆綁的）圈，箍

Surgeons placed a metal band around the knee cap to help it knit back together.

外科醫生在膝蓋骨上套了個金屬箍以幫助其愈合。

a strong band of flat muscle tissue.

一圈堅韌的扁平肌肉組織

將…劃分范圍；把…分段

They appear to rule out some of the ideas that have been mentioned — banding the tax so higher earners would pay more.

他們看來要剔除其中提到的一些想法——如把稅率分檔，使收入越高，繳得越多。

a banding system based on property values.

基于財產價值的分級制