Word
layperson
外行;门外汉;非专业人员
核心释义
A person without specialized or professional knowledge of a subject; a non-expert.
- 1.
非神职人员
A person who is not a cleric.
- 2.
非神职人员或非专业人士
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
- 3.
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.
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
用法In use
The medical journal article was written in technical language that a layperson would find hard to understand.
用法提示:layperson 作名词,表示‘外行’,与 technical language 对比,强调非专业人士。
As a layperson, she struggled to follow the lawyer's arguments during the trial.
用法提示:layperson 作名词,在介词短语 as a layperson 中,表明身份是外行。
The instructions were designed to be clear enough for a layperson to assemble the furniture without prior experience.
用法提示:layperson 作名词,在 for a layperson to assemble 结构中,表示动作的执行者是外行。
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
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.