attorney

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n. 代理人, 律师 [经] 律师, 代理人

发音

UK /əˈtɜːni/
US /əˈtɜɹni/
其它 /ʔɐˈtoɹ.ni/

词形变化

attorneys 复数 attorneys attornies attornies 复数 attorneyed attorneys 三单 attorneying 现在分词 attorneyed 过去式 attorneyed 过去分词

别名

attorny attourneie attourney atty atty. Atty actorney

教材释义与例句

名词

律师；代理人；检查官

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

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

    律师

    美国
  2. 2.

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

    代理

    法律

    Near-synonyms: agent, proxy, representative

  3. 3.

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

    英国 过时
  4. 4.

    A solicitor.

    英国 贬义 罕用
  5. 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.

    美国
  6. 6.

    Clusia spp.

  7. 7.

    A prosecutor.

v.
  1. 1.

    To work as a legal attorney.

    不及物 罕用
  2. 2.

    To provide with a legal attorney.

    罕用 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

lawyer

上位词 1

professional

下位词 10

prosecutor counsel counselor advocate solicitor referee counsellor barrister ambulance chaser conveyancer

相关短语

attorney general 首席检察官, (美国)司法部长 attorney of record [经] 经承认代表人 attorney generals attorney at law 律师 attorney record attorney records attorney-at-law n. 律师 [经] 律师 private attorney general private attorney generals substitution of attorney power of attorney [法] 委托书, 授权 letter of attorney [经] 委托书(任状) warrant of attorney [法] 委托书 district attorney 地方检察官 powers of attorney

词源

From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".

来源：wiktionary