civilian

英 [səˈvɪliən]

美 [səˈvɪliən]

n.  平民; 老百姓; 庶民
adj.  平民的; 民用的

复数：civilians　

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牛津词典

noun

• 平民；老百姓；庶民
  a person who is not a member of the armed forces or the police

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 平民;老百姓
  In a military situation, acivilianis anyone who is not a member of the armed forces.
  1. The safety of civilians caught up in the fighting must be guaranteed.
     必须保证陷入战斗中的平民的人身安全。
• ADJ 民用的;平民的;非军用的
  In a military situation,civilianis used to describe people or things that are not military.
  1. ...the country's civilian population.
     该国的平民人口
  2. ...civilian casualties.
     平民伤亡
  3. ...a soldier in civilian clothes.
     穿便装的士兵

英英释义

noun

• a nonmilitary citizen

adj

• associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military
  1. civilian clothing
  2. civilian life

双语例句

• The civilian population were suffering greatly at the hands of the security forces.
  老百姓吃尽了安全部队的苦头。
• The civilian authorities are only there on sufferance of the military.
  政府当局人员是在军方勉强同意后才到达那里的。
• The terrorists have chosen to play a deadly game with the civilian population.
  恐怖分子故意要同平民百姓做死亡游戏。
• They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees.
  他们成了军队人员与平民雇员之间身份界定不清的人。
• The safety of civilians caught up in the fighting must be guaranteed.
  必须保证陷入战斗中的平民的人身安全。
• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties
  关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• At the end of my term of enlistment I decided to return to civilian life.
  在我退役的时候，我决定复员过平民生活。
• He said the present civilian government is just a front for the old military regime.
  他说现今的平民政府只不过是先前军事政权的一个幌子。
• Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure
  寻找平民志愿者的种种尝试都遭遇了令人难堪的失败。
• The enemy committed atrocities against the civilian population.
  敌人对平民犯下了种种罪行。