喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈlɔːjər/ · /ˈlɔːjə/律師

    Someone whose job is to help people with the law — to give advice, write legal papers, or speak for them in court.

    whose job is to help people with the law工作是在法律上幫助人的— to give advice給予建議、 write legal papers撰寫法律文件、 or speak for them in court或在法庭上為他們發言的 Someone一個人

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei's aunt is a lawyer, so she knows a lot about how the law works.

    逐字美的阿姨是一位律師，所以她對法律如何運作懂很多。

    「lawyer」是處理法律事務的人最常用、最廣的詞，可以想成「懂法律、幫你跟法律打交道的人」。它包含給法律建議、寫合約、上法院替你說話這些工作。在美式英文裡，上法庭辯護的律師常叫 attorney，英式英文則分成 solicitor（處理文件、給建議）和 barrister（上法院辯護），但日常生活用 lawyer 就通。

    常見搭配

    • see/consult a lawyer

      找律師諮詢

      to go to a lawyer for advice

      She decided to consult a lawyer before making a decision.

    • hire a lawyer

      聘請律師

      to pay a lawyer to work for you

      They hired a lawyer to help with the case.

    • a defence lawyer

      辯護律師

      a lawyer who tries to prove someone is not guilty

      The defence lawyer asked the witness several questions.

core核心畫面

You can picture a lawyer as the person who knows the rules of the law and stands on your side when you have to deal with it — giving advice, writing the official papers, and speaking for you in court when you yourself don't know the legal language.

可以想成律師就是那個熟悉法律規則、在你必須面對法律時站在你這邊的人——給你建議、幫你寫正式的法律文件、在法庭上替不懂法律語言的你開口說話。

同家族的字

複數 lawyers

原始詞典資料13 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。

Lawyername

  • 1

    A male given name.

lawyernoun/ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)

  • 2

    A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.

    • His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;[…].
    • Mr. Wells was a pleasant man of middle-age, with keen eyes, and the typical lawyer’s mouth.
  • 3

    A legal layman who argues points of law.

  • 4

    The burbot.

  • 5

    dialectalThe stem of a bramble.

  • 6

    Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.

    • The species of Eugnomus are very partial to the lawyer (Rubus australis ) when in bloom.
    • In the lawyer (Rubus australis) a considerable differentiation has taken place. All the alllies of this plant (such as the true roses, brambles, rasps, &c.), exhibit a strong development of epidermal structures in the form of hooks, spines, or hairs, but in none are these structures so perfect as in our lawyer.
  • 7

    Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.

    • Besides the bags and nets common throughout the continent, these tribes have water-bags, which they make of closely-plaited “lawyer” (Calamus Australis), and also of palm-leaf sewn with the sinews of animals.
    • The nest was a foot or two from the ground, and placed in a bunch of lawyer (Calamus ) canes.
  • 8

    Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.

    • The stems of the "lawyer vine" (Flagellaria indica), buz or buzi (W.), boz (E.), are used in house-building, tying fences, etc.

lawyerverb/ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    informalTo practice law.

  • 2

    To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.

  • 3

    To make legalistic arguments.

  • 4

    informalTo barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.

    • You've been lawyered!

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