lay people

基本解释

Open-minded clerics and lay people have felt emboldened to challenge hard-liners.
思想開明的長老和世俗人民有更多勇氣曏強硬分子發出挑戰。
Now, the historical value of the Exodus story has fascinated scholars, but also lay people, for generations.
現在，《出埃及記》故事的歷史價值引起了學者的興趣，但也挫敗了世世代代的人們。
Einstein also said that behind every great theory there is a simple physical picture that even lay people can understand.
愛因斯坦也說過，每一個偉大的理論後麪有一個簡單的物理圖像，即使是外行人也能理解。

People driving during a tornado are told to find low ground and lay flat,facedown, with their hands covering their head.
Now, the historical value of the Exodus story has fascinated scholars, but also lay people, for generations.
現在，《出埃及記》故事的歷史價值引起了學者的興趣，但也挫敗了世世代代的人們。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節選
Well, Ameiricans has been so steadfastly disgreed although most silent on other issue What Karzai said from the very begining was that people who have not commited any war crimes, people who have not murdered people can lay down their arms pledgely.
雖然在其他問題上，美國都保持沉默,對於這件事，卻是強烈反對,一開始卡爾紥伊就說,那些沒有反戰爭罪，沒有殺人的塔利班成員,可以放下武器。
普林斯頓公開課 - 國際座談會課程節選

Manufacturers had to lay people off, driving down demand for corn and wheat even further.
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