喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/əˈtɜːrni/ · /əˈtɜːni/律師

    A lawyer — someone whose job is to help people with the law and speak for them in court.

    A lawyer律師 — someone whose job is一個工作是 to help people with the law幫人們處理法律事務 and speak for them in court並在法庭上為他們發言的人

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei's aunt is an attorney who helps families with their problems.

    逐字美的阿姨是一位幫家庭處理問題的律師。

    「attorney」就是律師，特別常用在美式英語裡。英式英語比較常說 lawyer、solicitor、barrister，但美國新聞、影集裡最常聽到 attorney。可以想成 attorney 跟 lawyer 講的是同一種人：幫你處理法律、在法庭上替你說話。

    常見搭配

    • district attorney

      地方檢察官（美國）

      a lawyer who works for the government in a US area, bringing cases to court

      The district attorney decided to take the case to court.

    • defense attorney

      辯護律師

      a lawyer who speaks for the person accused in court

      The defense attorney asked the witness many questions.

    • power of attorney

      委任代理權

      the legal right to act for another person in money or legal matters

      Grandma gave my dad power of attorney to manage her bank account.

core核心畫面

You can picture an attorney as someone appointed to stand in your place on legal matters: a lawyer who handles the law for you and speaks for you in court, so you don't have to face it alone.

可以想成：attorney 是「被指派來替你出面處理法律事務的人」——一位律師，幫你打理跟法律有關的事、在法庭上替你說話，讓你不必獨自面對。

同家族的字

複數 attorneys

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

attorneynoun/əˈtɜːni/

  • 1

    A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.

    • If those attempts are unsuccessful, the attorney requesting the interrogatories may file a motion for sanctions with the court. The sanctions range from attorney fees to prohibiting the nonanswering party from presenting or defending claims.
    • “Conflicting out” attorneys is the way a husband will make sure his wife doesn't hire any of the most aggressive lawyers in town.
  • 2

    lawAn agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's instructions.

    • Near-synonyms: agent, proxy, representative
  • 3

    datedOne such who practised in the courts of the common law.

  • 4

    derogatoryrareA solicitor.

  • 5

    An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.

  • 6

    An attorney tree (Clusia spp.)

  • 7

    A prosecutor.

attorneyverb/əˈtɜːni/

  • 1

    rareTo work as a legal attorney.

  • 2

    rareTo provide with a legal attorney.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。