laymen

英 [ˈleɪmən]

美 [ˈleɪmən]

n.  非专业人员; 外行; 门外汉; 平信徒，在俗教徒(非神职人员)
layman的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 外行；门外汉
  Alaymanis a person who is not trained, qualified, or experienced in a particular subject or activity.
  1. The mere mention of the words 'heart failure', can conjure up, to the layman, the prospect of imminent death...
     一提“心脏衰竭”四字，外行人就联想到命不久矣的情景。
  2. There are basically two types called, in layman's terms, blue and white asbestos.
     基本上有两种，用外行话说就是青石棉和白石棉。
• N-COUNT （基督教中的）平信徒，在俗教徒
  Alaymanis a man who is involved with the Christian church but is not a member of the clergy or a monk.
  1. In 1932, one Boston layman wrote to Archbishop William O'Connell in support of Father Coughlin.
     1932年，波士顿一名平信徒致函大主教威廉·奥康奈尔，声援库格林神父。

双语例句

• On thursday, troops burst into monasteries around thecountry to make arrests but, again, this did not stop monks and laymen fromhitting the streets, where riot police shot at them.
  周四，军队闯入各佛寺实施逮捕但仍未能阻止僧俗各界走上街头，而防暴警察则向他们开枪射击。
• A task for industrial experts rather than for laymen.
  这是工业专家的任务，不是外行人的工作。
• Could you paraphrase your question in laymen's english?
  你们能以浅显的英语说明问题吗？
• Before we go any further, I would like to provide a very high level overview of PPM in laymen's terms.
  在我们深入之前，我想要用非专业术语高度概述一下PPM。
• Such reforms as these were so completely inadequate that they failed to give satisfaction to the host of clerics and laymen who desired a thorough reform.
  这样的改革远未够火候，因为他们不能满足许多神俗两届期待彻底改观的官员的要求。
• A TV series could make IT laymen better understand the work of IT experts.
  该系列片也许能让IT僧俗们更好地理解IT专家。
• The'Pointless answering'answers the question of'futile asking ', from which we know that they are laymen.
  “无内”回答“问穷”的问题，那我们就可以完全确定，这两个人都是外行。
• Citizen science is an increasingly popular technique that involves recruiting a large number of laymen into a study, and using them as observers and, sometimes, as data processors.
  “市民科学”是一项影响力日益增大的技术，包括征集大量的非专业人员参与到研究中来，并对他们进行观察，有时也拿他们作为数据的获取源。
• To provide religious, educational and community service for laymen.
  对在家众提供宗教，教育与社区服务。
• According to nine randomly selected laymen which is to say, a jury samsungmight as well be known as samesung, since features of its smart phone suspiciously resemble the iPhone.
  由9位随机抽选的外行人士、也就是所谓的陪审团认为，鉴于三星智能手机功能雷同iphone，疑点重重，因此不妨称三星为“山寨星”。