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

• Avoid computer jargon when you write for laymen. The buzz-word superscalar is commonly used to describe this approach.
  写东西给一般人看时，应避免使用电脑术语。电脑术语超标量体系结构通常就是用来描述这种方法的。
• This book is written for professionals and laymen alike.
  这本书既可供专业人员阅读，又可供外行人看。
• WHEN lawyers speak, laymen are often baffled.
  当律师们说话的时候，外行人通常都感到匪夷所思。
• 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”。
• This power, however, was limited in two ways: by reckless outbreaks of passion on the part of furious laymen, and by divisions among the clergy.
  然而这种权能却受到以下两种限制：一即俗界怒不可遏的激情爆发，一即僧侣之间的分裂。
• 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。
• As laymen, the governed can become acquainted with the extent to which a candidate is expertly qualified for office only in terms of experience, and hence only after his service.
  对于管理国家选民们是门外汉，他们只能通过候选人的政绩来判断他是否具备担任官职的资历，也就是说只有在他任职以后。
• 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。
• The laymen of art would be impressed by the fantastic appearance;
  艺术的门外汉可以被迷人的外表打动；
• It is viewed with scepticism not only by laymen but by most academic economists, too.
  不仅门外汉对该领域持怀疑态度，大多数学院派经济学家也持这种观点。