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单词 civilian
释义
civilian
noun[C]
uk
/sɪˈvɪl.jən/us
/səˈvɪl.jən/
C2
apersonwho is not amemberof thepoliceor thearmedforces:
平民；老百姓
Thebombkilledfoursoldiersand three civilians.炸弹炸死4名士兵及3名平民。
Opposite
serviceman
More examples
  • Bombing civilians is acrimeagainsthumanity.
  • Theevacuationof civiliansremainsout of thequestionwhile thefightingcontinues.
  • The firstfatalitiesof thewarwere civilians.
  • We will beflying100badlywoundedcivilians out of thebattlezonetonight.
  • How many civiliansdiedin the Vietnam War?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The armed forces generally
  • anti-military
  • army
  • barracks
  • camouflage
  • CAO
  • casualty assistance officer
  • casualty notification officer
  • casualty officer
  • challenge
  • civvy street
  • court martial
  • military
  • mission
  • mufti
  • quick march!idiom
  • reconnaissance
  • the armed forces
  • the SBS
  • unmilitary
  • WRAC
See more results »
civilian
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪl.jən/us
/səˈvɪl.jən/
C2
relatingto apersonwho is not amemberof thepoliceor thearmedforces:
Thearmyhas beencriticizedforattackingtheunarmedcivilianpopulation.
We areawareof thereportsof civiliancasualties.
Opposite
military
More examples
  • All five men werewearingcivilianclothes.
  • It is thelargestcivilianaircraftevermade.
  • Thecountryinsiststhatitsnuclearresearchprogrammeispurelycivilian.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The armed forces generally
  • anti-military
  • army
  • barracks
  • camouflage
  • CAO
  • casualty assistance officer
  • casualty notification officer
  • casualty officer
  • challenge
  • civvy street
  • court martial
  • military
  • mission
  • mufti
  • quick march!idiom
  • reconnaissance
  • the armed forces
  • the SBS
  • unmilitary
  • WRAC
See more results »
(Definition ofcivilianfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
civilian
noun[C]
uk
/sɪˈvɪl.jən/us
/səˈvɪl.jən/
C2
apersonwho is not amemberof thepoliceor thearmedforces
平民；老百姓
Thebombkilledfoursoldiersand three civilians.炸弹炸死4名士兵及3名平民。
More examples
  • Bombing civilians is acrimeagainsthumanity.
  • Theevacuationof civiliansremainsout of thequestionwhile thefightingcontinues.
  • The firstfatalitiesof thewarwere civilians.
  • We will beflying100badlywoundedcivilians out of thebattlezonetonight.
  • How many civiliansdiedin the Vietnam War?

civilian| American Dictionary

civilian
noun[C]
us
/səˈvɪl·jən/

civiliannoun[C](ORDINARY PERSON)

politics & government
apersonwho is not amemberof thepolice, thearmedforces, or afiredepartment:
Thesenatoris not the only civilian who would like toridein aspaceshuttle.
civilian
adjective[not gradable]
us
/səˈvɪl·jən/

civilianadjective[not gradable](ORDINARY)

of,relatingto, or being apersonwho is not amemberof thepolice, thearmedforces, or afiredepartment:
the civilianpopulation
civilianworkers/employees
(Definition ofcivilianfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcivilian

civilian
Given the nascent army's triumph over local bosses, a new centralised power emerged, not civilians, but the armed forces themselves (39).
From theCambridge English Corpus
After handing over power to elected civilians in 1969, the military struck again in 1972.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Persuading local inhabitants to give support voluntarily means that guerrillas must either adapt their message to local beliefs, or educate civilians to change their preferences.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In particular, it allowed its soldiers to wreak havoc on civilians during military operations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
My informants also insisted that zonal commanders, political officials and civilians organised relations between civilians and guerrillas differently, particularly during early phases of the war.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When the safe zone collapsed in the next phase of the war, they confronted this dilemma directly by temporarily withdrawing their protection of civilians.
From theCambridge English Corpus
An escalating brutality demonstrated by the 221st against local civilians derived from its increasingly stretched circumstances and the growing threat of the enemy.
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The constant risk of betrayal meant isolating themselves from encounters with civilians other than carefully arranged meetings.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Common law borrowed nothing of much substance from contemporary canonists and civilians.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, news reports indicate that police forces were more interested in mounting illegal checkpoints and extorting bribes from civilians than in maintaining law and order.
From theCambridge English Corpus
While ostensibly run by civilians, navy men held important positions in nearly every society.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The priests reported the arbitrary killings of civilians in almost all the places where there were missions.
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There is evidence that upon independence in 1975, anti-witchcraft trials were held again in some parts of the south-east at the instigation of civilians.
From theCambridge English Corpus
What the 20th century has shown the world is the effects of modern war technology on civilians.
From theCambridge English Corpus
More than two hundred civilians were assassinated, without motive, because of chance meetings or at the humour of the soldiers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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