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词汇 lawyer
释义 lawyer
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈlɔɪ.ər/ us /ˈlɔɪ.jɚ//ˈlɑː.jɚ/(US alsoattorney)
B1
someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court: 律师
I want to see my lawyer before I say anything.我开口前要见律师。
She's hired a lawyer who specializes in divorce cases.
Our lawyer thinks that we have a very good case.
Millions of dollars were spent on lawyers in a courtroom showdown between the two companies.两家公司在法庭的最后一战光在律师身上就花了数百万美元。
The report notes that 40 percent of lawyers entering the profession are women.这份报告指出,执业律师中有40%是女性。
If you're unsure of your legal rights, I would check with a lawyer.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lawyers & legal officials
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articled clerk
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counsellor
DPP
draftswoman
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lawyer | American Dictionary


lawyer
noun[ C ]
us/ˈlɔɪ·ər, ˈlɔ·jər/
someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court:
Following his arrest, he demanded to see his lawyer before making any statement.

lawyer | Business English


lawyer
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈlɔɪər/us(US alsoattorney)
someone whose job is to give advice about the law and prepare court cases or speak for one side of a case in court:
He refused to say anything until he had seen his lawyer.
A lawyer for the company said there were grounds to appeal the ruling.
defence/prosecution lawyerThe family hired a prominent defence lawyer.
He is a trial lawyer specializing in industrial injuries cases.
consult/hire/appoint a lawyer
a civil/corporate/government lawyer
a bankruptcy/divorce/tax lawyer
a lawyer defends/represents/sues sb/sthA lawyer representing the firms said they would ask the court to disqualify the government's witness.

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barrister
solicitor

Examples of lawyer


lawyer
Only then need the lawyer start to think about the nature of any kind of defence strategy.
However, unlike the lawyer, neither consultant has to "represent" the unit.
The issue is subtle, however, and future research will have to clarify the precise status of forms such as lawyers fees.
Should ethical issues in biotechnology research be decided by physicianscientists or by lawyers?
Second, lawyers had benefited from earlier bankruptcy laws.
Figure 2 shows bankruptcy fees earned by lawyers; fees increased by a factor of five over the decade.
But it can scarcely be employed by the lawyer for the reason that it has been already appropriated by the philosopher.
While the names of 225 different lawyers were extracted from the 360 files, some appeared more than once.
Sometimes singularly, often in the company of prominent lawyers, he took on cases that involved the great and the prominent.
The media now are dominantly visual and lawyers are in these pictures.
Only in 1820 were the crown lawyers statutorily obliged to bring a libel information to trial within a year of the filing date.
The significance of this for lawyers may not yet have been grasped.
Undoubtedly some lawyers are trying to eradicate legalese in response to the siren voices of customer care, quality improvement and positive image.
The reporter watched the lawyers of the criminals who was speaking to the judge.
The person becomes a client when consulting a lawyer, and expects legal not medical attention.
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Collocations withlawyer


lawyer

These are words often used in combination with lawyer.

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academic lawyer
He is an academiclawyer, a professor of law.
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clever lawyer
He is a nice man and a cleverlawyer, but he appears to have been totally out of his depth.
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competent lawyer
My honorarium will not be great because it is something any competentlawyer could devise.
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