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

• 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。
• 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。
• Could you paraphrase your question in laymen's english?
  你们能以浅显的英语说明问题吗？
• A majority of the world's climate scientists have convinced themselves, and also a lot of laymen, some of whom have political power, that the Earth's climate is changing;
  世界上大部分气候学家已经使他们自己及许多普通民众（包括一些政界人士）确信，地球的气候正处于变化之中；
• Protection of Life Album of Painting, the religious ecology ethics thought cartoon collection is a cartoon series created together by the modern Buddhist priests and laymen for the purpose of propagating refrains from killing, protecting lives and so on.
  《护生画集》是近代僧俗两界共同创作的一部旨在弘扬戒杀、护生等宗教生态伦理思想的漫画丛书。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Liebmann-Smith, a medical writer, who resolved to write a guide for laymen to the warning signs of serious illnesses.
  身为一名医学作家，她决定撰写一本针对非专业人士的书籍，内容是预示重大疾病的身体信号。
• 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”。