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

• Could you paraphrase your question in laymen's english?
  你们能以浅显的英语说明问题吗？
• 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。
• The standard of education was rising in the Church and spreading among laymen.
  教会的教育水平正在上升，并且在俗人中普及。
• When choosing the flower, those laymen may favor the big white ones among rich varieties, but in fact the small, ugly and yellowish ones are the best choice instead.
  当在选花的时候，那些外行人可能会从各种各样的花里面选择那些又白又大的，但事实上，那些又小又黄又丑的却是最好的。
• 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。
• 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。
• After the monk, monks, so the method number fills in the "laymen" explanation.
  后出家为僧，法号大千，所以世人也称其为“大千居士”。
• Until the end of the 19th century, even when laymen ran breweries it was often educated monks who were at the forefront of the art and technology of beermaking.
  直到19世纪末，即使普通民众可以建立运作酒厂之后，走在酿酒的艺术和技术前沿的往往是受过教育的修道士。
• With the baby boom, the focus of educators and of laymen interested in education inevitably turned toward the lower grades and back to basic academic skills and discipline.
  随着生育高峰，教育者和圈外人士对教育的兴趣和焦点，不可避免地转向了更低的年级和基础的学术技能和学科上。