civilian

英 [səˈvɪliən]

美 [səˈvɪliən]

n. 平民; 老百姓; 庶民
adj. 平民的; 民用的

复数：civilians　

Collins.3 / BNC.5055 / COCA.3219

牛津词典

noun

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

noun

adj

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

Integrated military and civilian staff;
军事和文职人员混合编制；
He is in charge of the civilian side of the UN mission
他在联合国使团中负责平民方面的事务。
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 Prime Minister has appointed a civilian as defence minister
首相已委任一位平民为国防部长。
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。
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 urged Russian soldiers to disobey orders if asked to fire on civilian targets
他鼓动俄国士兵若被要求向平民开火就抗命不从。
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 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。
The enemy committed atrocities against the civilian population.
敌人对平民犯下了种种罪行。