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 bombing murdered most of the civilian population.
  轰炸炸死了大部分的平民百姓。
• 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。
• The Prime Minister has appointed a civilian as defence minister
  首相已委任一位平民为国防部长。
• The enemy committed atrocities against the civilian population.
  敌人对平民犯下了种种罪行。
• He is quite categorical that the UN should only help the innocent civilian population.
  他非常坚定地认为，联合国应该只援助无辜的平民。
• Because one of the other escapees just killed a civilian.
  其他越狱犯的其中一个，刚杀了一个平民。
• 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。
• Governments volunteer military and civilian police personnel to peacekeeping operations on a case-by-case basis.
  各国政府根据每一次维和行动的情况志愿为维和行动提供军事人员和民警。
• The military may feel unable to hand over power to a civilian President next year
  军方可能会觉得明年难以将政权移交给一位民选总统。
• Two soldiers and one civilian were killed in the explosion.
  在爆炸中有两个士兵和一个平民被炸死。