一、詳細(xì)釋義：

n.

【美】律師

例句：

George is an attorney.

喬治是個(gè)律師。

例句：

The defense attorney's objection was overruled by the judge.

被告辯護(hù)律師提出的反對(duì)被法官駁回了。

代理人

例句：

The letter of attorney must list the items of trust and the limit of powers.

授權(quán)委托書(shū)必須記明委托事項(xiàng)和權(quán)限。

二、詞義辨析：

attorney,lawyer,counsel,advocate

這些名詞均含有“律師”之意。 attorney主要用于美國(guó)，指代理當(dāng)事人處理遺囑檢驗(yàn)等法律事務(wù)的律師，有時(shí)可與lawyer通用，泛指辯護(hù)律師。 lawyer普通用詞，指精通法律規(guī)則并有權(quán)以法律代理人或顧問(wèn)身份在法庭上執(zhí)行法律或?yàn)槲腥朔?wù)的人。 counsel指單獨(dú)或集體為當(dāng)事人提供咨詢或出庭處理案件的法律顧問(wèn)或律師。 advocate專指以羅馬法律的基本法制的一些國(guó)家的(如蘇格蘭等)和一些特別法庭的律師；也可指出庭辯護(hù)的律師。

三、相關(guān)短語(yǔ)：

attorney general

n.首席檢察官,司法部長(zhǎng)

power of attorney

委托權(quán),代理權(quán)

prosecuting attorney

n.檢察官

district attorney

公訴人,檢查官

state's attorney

【法】 公訴人, 州檢察官

四、參考例句：

The attorney's summation was telling.

這個(gè)律師的判論總結(jié)是非常有效的。

The defense attorney phrased his summation at last.

最后,辯護(hù)律師作了辯論總結(jié)。

The district attorney processed against the defaulting debtor.

地方檢查官起訴不履行債務(wù)的債務(wù)人。

The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased.

辯護(hù)人指責(zé)陪審員偏袒一方。

Mrs White delegated her power of attorney to her nephew.

懷特夫人授權(quán)她的侄子作為她的代理人。

The defense attorney's objection was overruled by the judge.

被告辯護(hù)律師提出的反對(duì)被法官駁回了。

The court appointed an attorney for the accused man.

法院為被告人指定了一名律師。

The attorney agreed to do it for a small consideration.

律師同意收取很少的報(bào)酬來(lái)做這件事。

An attorney was chosen to execute the will.

一名律師被選定來(lái)執(zhí)行該遺囑。

The attorney's final argument was very polished and powerful.

律師的總結(jié)陳詞非常精練而有力。