layman
美 [?le?m?n]
英 ['le?m?n] 
- n.外行;門外漢;非專業人員;在俗教徒(非神職人員)
- 網絡俗人;外行人;凡人
詞形變化
復數:laymen
英漢雙解
1. | 非專業人員;外行;門外漢a person who does not have expert knowledge of a particular subject |
| a book written for professionals and laymen alike 一本內行外行都可以讀的書 |
| to explain sth in layman's terms(= in simple language) 用通俗易懂的語言解釋某事 |
2. | 平信徒,在俗教徒(非神職人員)a person who is a member of a Church but is not a priest or member of the clergy |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
You can't design an accounting application unless you know something about accounting -- at least at the level of an intelligent layman.
你不能設計一個會計應用程序除非你懂會計的一些知識-至少是一個聰明的外行。
This is a unique attribute that is often difficult for the layman to understand and that occasionally even baffles bankers.
這一特性對于外行人來說是很難理解之,有時甚至使銀行從業人員感到困惑不解。
And yet, there is one context in which economists talk about job scarcity in the same terms as an ordinary layman guilty of make-work bias.
然而,存在一個場合,在這里經濟學家與犯有“造作工作成見”罪的普通門外漢從同一角度談論崗位稀缺。
The interface of the software must be easy to understand and any layman must be able to use it.
該軟件接口必須易于理解和任何門外漢必須能夠使用它。
He used so many technical terms and went into such details in his explanation that I'm afraid it was Greek to the layman.
他在解釋過程中用了那么多的專門術語,又講得這樣細致,我想門外漢聽了也是不懂的。
Maybe to some layman, as we always joked, we even do not know whether the liquid in eppendorf tube is merely water or not.
或許對于一些外行人,就像我們所嘲笑的,我們甚至不知道離心管液體是否是水。
I think a lot of the provided information is often filled with technical terms so that they sound impressive to the layman .
我認為上面有很多知識涉及到很多的術語,所以對外行來說,這些術語聽起來印象會很深刻。
The educated layman, of course, knows even less of the matter.
外行人盡管受過教育,但他們所了解的當然也就更少了。
A layman might not be able to tell the difference. But a doctor can.
外行也許無法告訴你他到底是哪種狀態,但是醫生可以。
As far as the layman is concerned, the practical results of all this expenditure of money and efforts are negligible.
照我們這些門外漢看,我們耗費那么多金錢和努力所取得的成就是微乎其微的。
I'm a layman on making a name for Jian, and I just exclaim : The carving of the grip is very good! Let me call it 'Jingning'.
給劍起名,我是一個整外行,只是驚嘆:劍柄刻工真是太精湛了!本人斗膽冒昧的為它取名就叫“精凝”吧。
One may wonder if the secrecy with which the fraternity surrounds its gatherings is designed to keep the layman from discovering.
人們也許會納悶他們聚會時諱莫如深,是否不想讓外人發覺。
If you're unfamiliar with the term "bacteriophages, " let us put it in a layman's term for you.
如果您不熟悉其中的“噬菌體”,讓我們把它放在一個外行人的角度給你解釋。
It's the layman's term for prioritizing, and you probably perfected it as a way of life in college.
念大學時,你也許就把它當成了一種生活方式,已讓它達到如火純青。
Pope Benedict XVI washes the feet of a layman at a Cathedral in Rome, part of a ritual symbolizing humility observed on Holy Thursday.
羅馬大教堂教皇本篤十六世為神父洗腳。這一項儀式象征著謙虛的精神慶祝圣周四“濯足禮”。
A layman might not be able to tell the difference.
外行人可能難以道出其中的差距。
The regulations are so complicated that nothing can be made of them by the layman .
這些條例如此復雜,外行什麼也看不懂。
Dan Layman is with the Syrian Support Group. He says getting Americans interested in the Syrian conflict has not been easy.
DanLayman是敘利亞支持集團成員,他說讓美國人對敘利亞沖突感興趣并不容易。
Eg: Sorry, I am unable to tell you more about the structure of the building, for I am a layman in architecture.
對不起,我無法告訴你更多的有關這個這樓的結構情況,我對建筑是外行。
6 But even if I am a layman in speech, yet I am not in knowledge; indeed in every way we have made this manifest in all things to you.
林后十一6我即使在言語上是常人,在知識上卻不然;其實我們在凡事上,在各方面,都已經向你們顯明了。
In layman's terms, converting to synthetic drivers will change each virtual machine's drivers to operate much like a desktop shortcut.
通俗的說,轉變為合成驅動需要改變每一個虛擬機的驅動使其操作起來更像一個桌面快捷方式。
If your writing is so clear that a layman could understand it, then it is less likely it will end up in court.
如果你書寫的合同簡明得連一個外行都能理解,那么即使到了法庭上,你也不用害怕。
And the rational thing for a layman to do is to take seriously the prevailing scientific theory.
對一個門外漢來說理智的做法是嚴肅對待權威的科學理論。
As Einstein once said, unless a theory has a simple underlying picture that the layman can understand, the theory is probably worthless.
正如愛因斯坦曾經說過,除非有一個簡單的理論基礎圖片,一般人均能明白,這個理論可能是毫無價值的。
and when the tabernacle encamps , the Levites shall set it up But the layman who comes near shall be put to death.
將支搭的時候,利未人要豎起。近前來的外人必被治死。
My uncle posed as a connoisseur in paintings while actually he was only a layman.
我叔叔冒充為繪畫鑒賞家,實際上他只是個門外漢。
In regard to global warming, I'm just a layman.
就全球暖化來說,我只是個門外漢。
Together, the two perspectives explain why all things stem cell slap the layman in the face, and why his shock bewilders many a scientist.
這兩個觀點一起解釋了為何所有和干細胞有關的東西扇了門外漢一個大嘴巴,以及為何門外漢的震驚讓許多科學家困惑不已。
The law is of much interest to the layman as it is to the lawyer.
對法律而言,外行比律師能獲更多的利益。
Later, as I outline the layman's notion of what warming means, he barks: "Stop this bullshit! "
稍后,在我概括外行對變暖含義的理解時,他厲聲說道:“別再胡說八道了!”
The Intelligent Investor was the layman's version of Security Analysis.
而《聰明的投資者》則是《證券分析》一書給外行人看的版本。
The layman often has some difficulty understanding text or internal design of a book.
外行人常常遇到一些困難,理解文本或內部設計的一本書。
My belief in the hereafter is wrapped in the intangible but stubborn thoughts of a layman.
作為一個普通信徒,無形而堅定的思想正是我信仰來世的來源。
"I said I was an amateur, a layman, I couldn't do the job, " he says, laughing.
“我說過我是業余愛好者,一個門外漢,無法勝任這項工作”他笑著說。
I'm a layman about stone. A friend told me that wall seal is a rather precious stone brought in Qing government in early Qing dynasty.
寶石我是外行,朋友說璧璽是清早期后傳入大清的一種較貴重的寶石,深得皇家貴族喜愛。
Thank you for the abstract. In layman terms, how do these compounds work against HBV?
感謝您的論文摘要。在一般用語中,這些化合物如何對HBV工作?
Even the intelligent and educated layman has small and sometimes no skill in the science of the law.
即使有頭腦和受過教育的普通人也少有或時常沒有法學專業技能。
Instead it now creates elegant nebulae, fascinating to professionals but hard for the layman to pick out unaided.
如今這種沖擊波創造的是吸引專業人員、但門外漢未經幫助很難辨別的美麗星云。
In layman's terms, what they were doing can definitely be considered collusion.
用通俗的話講,他們那天的所作所為,絕對可以被稱為串謀。
Until a better word comes along to denote that process, the dazzled layman can only call it education.
在出現更好的詞匯來描述這一過程之前,懵懂的外行人只能稱之為「教育」。