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lawyer

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n.律师

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lawyer为六级词汇   词频:1976

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副词:lawyerly

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-y 表示“人”的名词字尾 变化型 -yer

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lawyer


/'lɔ:jə(r); `lɔjɚ/
n person who is trained and qualified in legal matters, esp a solicitor 律师; (尤指)事务律师
*Don't sign anything until you've consulted a lawyer. 未请教律师, 不要随便签字. Cf 参看 advocate n 2, attorney 2, barrister.

lawyer


n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: law + -yer (from -IER1)]
someone whose job is to advise people about laws, write formal agreements, or represent people in court
WORD CHOICE: lawyer, attorney, solicitor, barrister, counsel
Lawyer is a general word for someone who has professional training in legal work or who is an expert in the law.
In American English, the word attorney is often used instead, especially in legal or official language and especially to refer to a lawyer who represents people in court.
In British English, there is a difference between a solicitor , who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents, and a barrister , who represents people in court.
In both American and British English, someone's counsel is the lawyer or group of lawyers who represent them in court.

1. Everyone should have a lawyer to plead his case.
    每个人都应该有个律师为他的案件辩护。

2. But never, ever, warn marriage law consultants, should you use the same lawyer as your future spouse does.
    但婚姻法顾问警告说,永远不要选择你未来伴侣的律师来做你的律师。

3. The lawyer based his argument on the premise that people are innocent until they are proved to be guilty.
    律师的论点所依据的前提是, 人们在没有被证明有罪之前都是无罪的.

4. The lawyer ascertained that a policeman had indeed dealt roughly with foreigners on several occasions.
    律师证实有个警察确实多次粗鲁地对待外国人。

5. Tony worked in a lawyer´s office years ago, but he is now working at a bank.
    托尼曾在一家律师事务所工作,而现在正在一家银行上班。

6. This morning she came in and said they had asked her to go to a lawyer´s office to meet the gentleman who owns the dog.
    今天早上,她进来说他们要她去律师的办公室见那位狗的主人。

7. There needs to be a lawyer who can act as a champion for the rights of welfare clients, because the system so easily lends itself to abuse by the welfare givers as well as by the clients.
    真需要有一位律师来捍卫福利救济对象的权利,因为这一福利体制不仅容易使救济对象滥用权力,也很容易使福利提供者滥用权力。

8. He studied law in his spare time and became a lawyer.
    他在业余时间学习法律, 后来成了一名律师.

9. He studied law in his spare time and became a lawyer.
    他在业余时间学习法律, 后来成了一名律师.

10. He was a notable lawyer.
    他是一名著名的律师.

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