the general public
noun[S,+ sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌdʒen.ər.əl ˈpʌb.lɪk/us/ˌdʒen.ɚ.əl ˈpʌb.lɪk/ordinarypeople,especiallyall thepeoplewho are notmembersof aparticularorganizationor who do not have anyspecialtypeofknowledge:
(尤指不属于特定机构或没有专业知识的)普通百姓,公众This is amatterofgreatconcernto thegeneralpublic.这是个公众非常关心的问题。
Ordinary people
- banausic
- community
- Essex girl
- everyman
- grassroots
- John Q. Public
- man/woman of the peopleidiom
- mass
- mass market
- Middle America
- mortal
- omnibus
- popularly
- prole
- public
- rabble
- rank and file
- the common manidiom
- the man/woman in the streetidiom
- the man/woman on the Clapham omnibusidiom