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

• 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。
• Integrated military and civilian staff;
  军事和文职人员混合编制；
• The enemy committed atrocities against the civilian population.
  敌人对平民犯下了种种罪行。
• We're not going after civilian targets.
  我们不会以民用设施为打击目标。
• The bombing murdered most of the civilian population.
  轰炸炸死了大部分的平民百姓。
• The authorities offered to stop firing missiles if the rebels agreed to stop attacking civilian targets.
  当局表示，如果叛乱分子答应停止攻击平民目标，就不再发射导弹。
• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties
  关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• 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。
• He said it describes civilian activities involving equipment and technology that could have military uses.
  他说，该申报报告介绍了使用军用设备和技术的一些民间活动。
• 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。