| 釋義 |
lay6 /lei; le/ adj (attrib only) (僅作形容用法) 1 of, for, done by, persons who are not priests: 凡俗的(與神職人員相對(duì)而言); 普通人的: a lay brother/ sister, one who wears the dress and has taken the vows of a religious order, but who does manual work and is excused other duties. 凡人修士 (修女)(穿修士或修女服,并發(fā)誓修道,但從事勞力之工作, 不擔(dān)任其他職務(wù)者)。點(diǎn) laity. 2 non-professional; not expert (esp with reference to the law and medicine): 非屬于專(zhuān)門(mén)職業(yè)的; 外行的(尤指對(duì)法律和醫(yī)學(xué)方面而言): lay opinion, what non-professional people think. 九行人的意貝。 To the lay mind the language of a lawyer seems to be full of jargon. 對(duì)外行人而言,律師所用的語(yǔ)言中似乎充滿(mǎn)了術(shù)語(yǔ)。 'layman /-man; -man/ n (pl -men) lay(2) person: 外行人; 門(mén)外漢: Where the law is concerned I am only a layman, I have no expert knowledge. 談到法律, 我不過(guò)是個(gè)外行人。 |