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law·yer AHD[lôʹyər] D.J.[ˈlɔːjə]K.K.[ˈlɔjɚ]n.(名词)- One whose profession is to give legal advice and assistance to clients and represent them in court or in other legal matters.律师:其职业是给委托人提供法律咨询或帮助,并在法庭或其它法律事务中代表他们
- Middle English lauier 中古英语 lauier
- from law [law] * see law 源自 law [法律] * 参见 law
lawʹyerly adv.(副词)lawyer, attorney, counselor, counsel, barrister, solicitor- These nouns denote persons who practice law.这些名词都指运用法律的人。
- Lawyer is the general and most comprehensive termfor one authorized to give legal advice to clients and to plead cases in a court of law: Lawyer 是最普通和广泛的术语,用来指授权给委托人提供法律咨询并在法庭上为其辩护的人: called her lawyer after the automobile accident.车祸发生后打电话给她的律师。
- Attorney is often used interchangeably withlawyer, but in a narrower senseit denotes a legal agent for a client in the transaction of business: Attorney 通常可与lawyer 互换, 但从更狭的意义上说,它指在商业事务中代表委托人的法律代理: Corporate attorneys negotiated the new contract.公司律师就新合同进行谈判。
- Counselor andcounsel are terms for persons who give legal advice and serve as trial lawyers; Counselor 和counsel 两词指的是提供法律咨询并担任出庭律师的人。
- counsel also applies to a team of lawyers employed in conducting a case: counsel 还指被雇佣参与案件审理的一群律师: Ms. Barnes is counselor for the defense.巴恩斯女士是被告的辩护律师。A table has been reserved for the defense counsel during the trial.在审判中有一张桌子是为被告的辩护律师准备的。
- Barrister refers principally to a British trial lawyer: Barrister 主要用来指英国的出庭律师: The defense is represented by a barrister from Leeds. In England asolicitor is a lawyer whose practice is devoted largely to serving as a legal agent, representing clients in lower courts,and preparing cases for barristers to try in superior courts;in the United States the term denotes the chief law officer of a city, town, or governmental department: 被告由一位来自利兹的律师代理。 在英格兰,Solicitor 是指其业务主要为充当法律代理的律师, 在低级法院中代表委托人,在高级法院审理中作为出庭律师准备案卷。在美国,这个词指代城市、城镇或政府部门中的总法务官: Solicitors for the squire handled the sale of his extensive lands.这位乡绅出售大片土地的事宜由他的律师处理。The case will be presented by the Solicitor General. 这一案子将由副检察长受理
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