attorney

英[ə'tɜːni] 美[ə'tɜːrni]
  • n. (辩护)律师
attorneyship attorneys
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星级词汇:
    n. (名词)
    1. 代理人
    2. <美>律师
    3. 法定代理人
    4. 辩护律师
    5. 事务律师
    6. 代言人
    7. 律师出身
    8. 检查官
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]代理人; 律师 person appointed to act for another in business or legal matters; lawyer

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

1. Luckily, Nancy's father and her attorney were one and the same person.
幸运的是,南希的父亲就是她的律师。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The city attorney's office hasn't found any evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
市检察官办公室尚未发现任何刑事犯罪的证据。

来自柯林斯例句

3. An attorney is your employee, in a manner of speaking.
律师也可以说是你的雇员。

来自柯林斯例句

4. They didn't want her as attorney general.
他们不想要她做司法部长。

来自柯林斯例句

5. She was made her father's attorney when he became ill.
她在父亲生病时代理父亲的事务。

来自《权威词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He became a prominent attorney.
      他成了有名的律师。
    2. His uncle obtained an attorney for him.
      他的叔叔为他请了律师。
    3. The attorney is working in a divorce case.
      律师正忙于一个离婚案件。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. While she was living in Europe, her brother had the power of attorney over her property.
      她居住在欧洲期间,她兄弟对她的财产行使代理权。
    2. He acted as attorney for me.
      他充当我的律师。
n. (名词)
  1. attorney的基本意思是“代理人”,指业务或法律事务上的代理人。在美式英语中, attorney也可作“律师”解,尤指有资格代表当事人出庭的律师。
n. (名词)
attorney, advocate, barrister, counsel, counselor, lawyer, solicitor
  • 这组词的共同含意是“律师”。lawyer是律师的总称; barrister是英国的出庭律师; solicitor是英国的初级律师,为barrister的出庭准备材料; counsel, counselor和attorney都用于美国, counselor可指律师,也可指法律顾问, counsel意思与counselor相同,但可用于复数,即“辩方”, attorney主要指法律或财务方面的代理人; 而advocate则指大陆法系国家的律师。
  • attorney,lawyer,counsel,advocate
  • 这些名词均含有“律师”之意。
  • attorney主要用于美国,指代理当事人处理遗嘱检验等法律事务的律师,有时可与lawyer通用,泛指辩护律师。
  • lawyer普通用词,指精通法律规则并有权以法律代理人或顾问身份在法庭上执行法律或为委托人服务的人。
  • counsel指单独或集体为当事人提供咨询或出庭处理案件的法律顾问或律师。
  • advocate专指以罗马法律的基本法制的一些国家的(如苏格兰等)和一些特别法庭的律师;也可指出庭辩护的律师。
  • 词源解说

    • ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语,直接源自古法语的atourne,意为被指派者。
    用作名词 (n.)
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