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

• 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。
• 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。
• The initial reaction of law students and laymen alike, when they are first told about international law, is usually highly sceptical.
  法律系的学生和外行人初次听说国际法时，最初的反应通常是非常怀疑的。
• 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。
• Such rebellions on the part of "laymen" may lead to the emergence of rival definitions of reality and, eventually, to the appearance of new experts in charge of the new definitions.
  这样的叛变，就门外汉而言，可能导致对实体敌对定义的出现，并且最终会出现掌管新定义的新专家。
• 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。
• As this stage, perhaps it might be better if I left out the lawyer's jargon and stuck to a laymen's way of speech.
  目前的阶段，应该避免使用法律专门术语，采用一般用语会比较妥当。
• 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。
• Expert often confuse laymen with their jargon.
  专家们常常用行话把外行弄得稀里糊涂。
• 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。