passenger
n
1 person travelling in a car, bus, train, plane, ship, etc, other than the driver, the pilot or a member of the crew 乘客
The driver of the car was killed in the crash but both passengers escaped unhurt. 事故中汽车司机丧生, 但两名乘客幸未受伤.
[attrib 作定语]
the passenger seat, ie the seat next to the driver's seat in a motor vehicle (司机座旁的)客座
a passenger train, ie one carrying passengers rather than goods 铁路的客车.
2 (infml 口 esp Brit) member of a team, crew, etc who does not do as much work as the others (团体中的)闲散人员
This firm can't afford (to carry) passengers. 这家商行养不起闲散人员.
Who could have imagined, in the mid 1970s, for example, that by the end of the 20th century, computers would be as common in people's homes as TV sets?