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

• 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。
• Expert often confuse laymen with their jargon.
  专家们常常用行话把外行弄得稀里糊涂。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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；