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)
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  1. N-COUNT 外行；门外汉
    A layman is 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。
  2. N-COUNT （基督教中的）平信徒，在俗教徒
    A layman is 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。
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  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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”。
  6. 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。
  7. As laymen, the governed can become acquainted with the extent to which a candidate is expertly qualified for office only in terms of experience, and hence only after his service.
    对于管理国家选民们是门外汉，他们只能通过候选人的政绩来判断他是否具备担任官职的资历，也就是说只有在他任职以后。
  8. 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”。
  9. 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。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. 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。
  13. 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。
  14. 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。
  15. It is viewed with scepticism not only by laymen but by most academic economists, too.
    不仅门外汉对该领域持怀疑态度，大多数学院派经济学家也持这种观点。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. 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。
  19. 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。
  20. 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。
  21. 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；
  22. 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。
  23. To provide religious, educational and community service for laymen.
    对在家众提供宗教，教育与社区服务。
  24. 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；
  25. Expert often confuse laymen with their jargon.
    专家们常常用行话把外行弄得稀里糊涂。
  26. 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。
  27. 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。
  28. This book is written for professionals and laymen alike.
    这本书既可供专业人员阅读，又可供外行人看。
  29. Could you paraphrase your question in laymen's english?
    你们能以浅显的英语说明问题吗？
  30. 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。
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