layman
英 ['le?m?n]
美['lem?n]
- n. 外行；门外汉；俗人；一般信徒
- n. (Layman)人名；(英)莱曼
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词态变化
复数:?laymen;
助记提示
1. => "outsider, non-expert".
英文词源
- layman (n.)
- "non-cleric," early 15c., from lay (adj.) + man (n.). Meaning "outsider, non-expert" (especially in regards to law or medicine) is from late 15c. Related: Laymen.
双语例句
- 1. These technical terms are difficult for the layman to understand.
- 这些专门术语是外行人难以理解的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Where the law is concerned, I'm only a layman.
- 就法律而言, 我只不过是一个门外汉.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Where the law is concerned , I am only a layman.
- 谈到法律, 我不过是门外汉.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. 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。
来自柯林斯例句