layperson

英 [ˈleɪpɜːsn]

美 [ˈleɪpɜːrsn]

n.  非专业人员; 外行; 门外汉

COCA.22095

牛津词典

noun

• 非专业人员；外行；门外汉
  a layman or laywoman
  1. The layperson cannot really understand mental illness.
     外行不完全了解精神病。

英英释义

noun

• someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  Synonym:laymansecular

双语例句

• Often, a layperson's immediate reaction to hearing about a new disease is," How will it affect me and the people I love?"
  一个普通人听到一种新疾病的立即反应常常是“它会如何影响到我和我所爱的人？”
• The team said it hoped to bring a simplified kit to market that could be used by the layperson, at home or in the field, to detect melamine in food.
  研究组希望通过简化产品形式投入市场，如此，无论是在家或在行业里，外行也能简便操作检测食品中三聚氰胺。
• Protestant layperson who assists the minister in various functions.
  以各种各样的职责帮助教区长的耶稣教徒的平信徒。
• An ecclesiastical official in the Church of England, usually a layperson, who assists an archbishop or a bishop in administrative and judicial duties.
  英国教堂的神职官员，通常是平民信徒，帮助大主教或者主教进行管理和行使法律职责。
• An essential guide for the novice and the seasoned professional, it is also an informative reference for the layperson who is interested in the subject.
  一必要指南给初学人和调味专业，给谁有兴趣主题的外行也一讯息丰富参考。
• While the content in Listing 1 is clear and easy for the uninitiated layperson to both use and understand, the content in Listing 2 is very specific to the task of display in a browser.
  可以看到，清单1中的内容更清晰，非专业人员更加容易使用和理解，而清单2中的内容特定于浏览器表示。
• Weren't you a Vina player when you were a layperson?
  你在家时不是善于拉琴吗？
• Because these experts are imparting information "beyond the ken" of the layperson.
  因为这些专家要向外行人讲授“外行人知识领域之外”的知识。
• A community health worker ( CHW) is a layperson who acts as a liaison between residents of a particular community and the health-care system.
  社区卫生工作者是个行外人，只作为一个特殊社区里的居民与卫生保健系统之间的联系。
• How would you explain to the layperson how gene therapy works?
  你会如何向外行人解释基因治疗法的工作原理呢？