Laity
[ 'leəti ]
出国 Abroad
n. 俗人;普通信徒;门外汉，外行;
📝 例句
Of or relating to the laity; secular.
外行的，世俗的外行的或与之有关的；世俗的
clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity).
全体神职人员（区别于俗人）。
a layman; a layperson; an outsider; an outlier; the laity; the uninitiated
门外汉
The clergy joined hands with the laity in maintaining the inherited verse forms
僧侣们在维护继承下来的韵文格式方面同凡人联合在一起。
A monk returned to laity
和尚还俗
🌱 联想助记
【记】源于layman(n.外行)躺着的人,lai-拼“赖”:整天赖皮的人-俗人,外行
📖 牛津释义
laity
n
the laity [Gp]
1 all the members of a Church who are not ordained clergymen; laymen （别於神职人员的）俗人; 普通信徒. Cf 参看 clergy.
2 people outside a particular profession (contrasted with those inside it) 门外汉; 外行.
🔁 扩展释义
*['leiәti]n. 俗人, 外行【医】 外行[人]【经】 外行
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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The council will not permit you to build here.
委员会不会允许你们在这一带搞建筑。
There were 15 votes in favor of my suggestion, and 23 against.
一共有十五票赞成，二十三票反对。
But the competition of man against man is not the simple process envisioned in biology.
但是，人与人的竞争并不像生物学中想像的那样是一个简单过程。