Word
layperson
外行；门外汉；非专业人员
A person without specialized or professional knowledge of a subject; a non-expert.
- 1.
A person who is not a cleric.
非神职人员
- 2.
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
非神职人员或非专业人士
- 3.
One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.
对特定领域或活动不甚了解的人
平信徒；俗人；非神职人员；非神职人员；非神职人员或非专业人士；对特定领域或活动不甚了解的人；外行
In use
The medical journal article was written in technical language that a layperson would find hard to understand.
As a layperson, she struggled to follow the lawyer's arguments during the trial.
The instructions were designed to be clear enough for a layperson to assemble the furniture without prior experience.
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。
for a layperson
This guide is written for a layperson.
这本指南是为外行编写的。
in layperson's terms
Connections
Collocations
- in layperson's terms
- 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。
- a layperson's guide to
- 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。
- for the layperson
- 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。
- in terms a layperson can understand
- 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。
- from a layperson's perspective
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.