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as a layperson
As a layperson, I couldn't understand the technical jargon.
作为外行，我无法理解这些专业术语。
外行；门外汉；非专业人员
laypeople — plural of layperson
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
外行；门外汉；非专业人员
A person without specialized or professional knowledge of a subject; a non-expert.
As a layperson, I couldn't understand the technical jargon.
作为外行，我无法理解这些专业术语。
非神职人员
A person who is not a cleric.
非神职人员或非专业人士
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
对特定领域或活动不甚了解的人
One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.
The medical journal article was written in technical language that a layperson would find hard to understand.
这篇医学期刊文章使用了专业术语，外行人很难理解。
As a layperson, she struggled to follow the lawyer's arguments during the trial.
作为一个外行，她在庭审中很难跟上律师的论点。
The instructions were designed to be clear enough for a layperson to assemble the furniture without prior experience.
这些说明设计得足够清晰，让外行人无需经验就能组装家具。
As a layperson, I couldn't understand the technical jargon.
作为外行，我无法理解这些专业术语。
This guide is written for a layperson.
这本指南是为外行编写的。
Could you explain that in layperson's terms?
你能用外行能懂的话解释一下吗？
Not this
This is a layperson guide to computer programming.
Use this
This is a layperson's guide to computer programming.
外行指南应该使用所有格形式，因为 guide 属于 layperson，而非 layperson 直接修饰 guide。
Not this
He is a layperson for medicine.
Use this
He is a layperson in medicine.
表示‘在某领域的外行’时，介词用 in，而不是 for。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
用通俗易懂的话；用外行能懂的说法
The doctor explained the diagnosis in layperson's terms.
医生用通俗易懂的话解释了诊断结果。
面向外行的……指南；入门指南
She bought a layperson's guide to astronomy.
她买了一本面向外行的天文学入门指南。
对外行而言；供非专业人士阅读
The book is written for the layperson.
这本书是面向非专业人士写的。
用外行能理解的措辞
The engineer explained the project in terms a layperson can understand.
工程师用外行能理解的措辞解释了那个项目。
从外行的角度来看
From a layperson's perspective, the two designs look identical.
从外行的角度来看，这两种设计看起来一模一样。
用通俗易懂的话说；用非专业的话说
Can you explain the medical diagnosis in layperson's terms?
你能用通俗易懂的话解释一下这个医学诊断吗？
面向外行的……指南
She wrote a layperson's guide to artificial intelligence.
她写了一本面向外行的人工智能指南。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 day, play)
Use laypeople naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
由 lay（外行的）+ person（人）联想：外行像“躺”在专业圈外的人，所以叫门外汉；也可指非神职的平信徒。
语域：mixed 常见场景：healthcare、legal、religious 通常用于正式或中性语境。在医疗、法律等专业讨论中指非专业人员；在宗教语境中指非神职人员的信徒。日常口语中较少见，多出现在书面或正式说明中。
这些词与 layperson /leɪˈpɝsɪn/ 均不完全押韵。person /ˈpɝːsən/ 最接近：重读元音和 /s/ 相同，但末音节不同（/sən/ 对 /sɪn/）。personal 保持相同的重读元音和结尾模式；而 personnel、personify、personable、impersonate 的重音或元音发生变化，只是拼写相似，发音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.