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

• Integrated military and civilian staff;
  军事和文职人员混合编制；
• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties
  关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• They took care to avoid civilian casualties.
  他们很小心的避免了平民的伤亡。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。