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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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；
• Could you paraphrase your question in laymen's english?
  你们能以浅显的英语说明问题吗？
• 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。
• This article concentrates on outlining the development trend of the relationship between monks and laymen in Henan County through analyzing the factors in various aspects.
  本文通过分析各层面的因素，试图勾勒出河南地区僧俗两大势力间关系发展变化的轮廓。