attorney
noun /əˈtɜːni/
/əˈtɜːrni/
- (especially US English) a lawyer, especially one who can act for somebody in court
律师（尤指代表当事人出庭者） - The prosecuting attorney began with a short opening statement.
检察官以简短的开场白开始。 - Acting on the advice of his attorney, he remained silent.
按照律师的建议，他保持了沉默。 - Consult an attorney whenever you make a major decision affecting your estate.
每当作出影响资产的重大决定时，都要咨询一下律师。 - Her attorney filed a motion for an injunction.
她的律师申请施行禁止令。 - Attorneys argued that prosecutors never proved who sent the email.
律师们争辩说公诉人从未证实谁是电子邮件的发送人。 - He fired his court-appointed attorney and began representing himself.
他弃用法庭给他指派的律师，开始为自己辩护。 - Army attorneys argued for a general discharge.
军队的律师主张判一般退伍。 - He hired a high-profile defense attorney to represent him.
他雇了一名知名的辩护律师为他辩护。 - He is a practicing family law attorney with years of experience.
他是一名有多年从业经验的家庭法律师。 - Your attorney may advise you to accept a cash settlement.
你的律师也许会建议你接受现金赔偿解决此事。 - an attorney specializing in entertainment law
专门从事娱乐法相关案件的律师 - He had a meeting with a leading Washington criminal defence attorney.
他会见了华盛顿一位主要的刑事辩护律师。
More About lawyerslawyerssee also district attorneyTopics Jobsc1, Law and justicec1- Lawyer is a general term for a person who is qualified to advise people about the law, to prepare legal documents for them and/or to represent them in a court of law.
lawyer 泛指律师，有资格提供法律咨询、为当事人准备法律文件、在法庭上代表当事人。 - In England and Wales, a lawyer who is qualified to speak in the higher courts of law is called a barrister. In Scotland a barrister is called an advocate.
- In North American English attorney is a more formal word used for a lawyer and is used especially in job titles:
- the District Attorney
地方检察官
- the District Attorney
- Counsel is the formal legal word used for a lawyer who is representing someone in court:
counsel 为正式的法律用语，指代表当事人出庭的律师： - counsel for the prosecution
控方律师
- counsel for the prosecution
- Solicitor is the British English term for a lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares documents, for example when you are buying a house, and sometimes has the right to speak in a court of law.
- In North American English solicitor is only used in the titles of some lawyers who work for the government:
- the Solicitor General
首席检察官
- the Solicitor General
- A notary is a person, often but not necessarily a lawyer, who has official authority to be a witness when somebody signs a document and to make the document legally acceptable.
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- defense
- prosecuting
- district
- …
- hire
- retain
- appoint
- …
- represent somebody
- practice something
- specialize in something
- …
- The prosecuting attorney began with a short opening statement.
- a person who is given the power to act for another person in business or legal matters
（业务或法律事务上的）代理人 - 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。
- She was made her father's attorney when he became ill.
- (South African English) a solicitor (= a lawyer who prepares legal documents and advises on legal matters)
（业务或法律事务上的）代理人
词源Middle English: from Old French atorne, past participle of atorner ‘assign’, from a ‘towards’ + torner ‘turn’.