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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties
  关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• Integrated military and civilian staff;
  军事和文职人员混合编制；
• Officers and civilian cadres released from active service;
  退出现役的军官和文职干部；