英语单词 | civilian |
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英美音标 | 英 [sɪ'vɪljən] 美 [sə'vɪljən] |
中文释义 | adj.平民的 n.罗马法专家;平民 |
英语例句 | (1) He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job. (2) People are indignant by their shooting of innocent civilians. (3) A civilian was killed by a stray bullet. |
中文例句 | (1) 他辞去军职而从事平民工作。 (2) 对于他们枪杀无辜平民,人们感到义愤填膺。 (3) 一个平民被流弹打死。 |
vocabulary简明 | The most common meaning for civilian is simply someone who is not in the military. It can also refer to any object that is not military in origin — e.g., "civilian clothes" or "civilian life." |
vocabulary扩展 | The meaning of civilian as a non military person is a relatively new one, dating from the early 19th century. Before that it referred to the code of law that governed non-military life. In fact for hundreds of years a civilian was somebody who was a judge or otherwise an expert on the law that applied outside military courts. Because it comes originally from a French word, remember to spell it with only one "l," even though it sounds like it should have two. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]平民;老百姓 In a military situation, a civilian is anyone who is not a member of the armed forces.
2 [ADJ 形容词]民用的;平民的;非军用的 In a military situation, civilian is used to describe people or things that are not military. [usu ADJ n]
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