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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The enemy committed atrocities against the civilian population.
  敌人对平民犯下了种种罪行。
• Officers and civilian cadres released from active service;
  退出现役的军官和文职干部；
• 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 shot an unarmed civilian.
  他们枪杀了一名手无寸铁的百姓。
• This information has improved the reliability of PRC rockets useful for civilian and military purposes.
  这类资料提高了中国民用和军用火箭的可靠性。
• Light steel structures have been widely applied for industrial plants and civilian facilities.
  轻钢结构在工业厂房及民用设施中得到了广泛应用。