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单词 attorney
释义
attorney
noun[C]
US
uk
/əˈtɜː.ni/us
/əˈtɝː.ni/
C1
alawyer:
律师
adefenseattorney辩护律师
an attorney for theplaintiff原告律师
acivil/criminalattorney民事／刑事律师
More examples
  • ahigh-poweredattorney
  • She's an attorney whoadvisescompaniesaboutmergersandtakeovers.
  • Theypaidahigh-poweredattorney topleadtheircase.
  • She wasaskedto take thewitnessstandand was then cross-examined by thestateattorney.
  • Thedefenceattorneyrequestedanadjournment.
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(Definition ofattorneyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

attorney| American Dictionary

attorney
noun[C]
us
/əˈtɜr·ni/
alawyer:
adefenseattorney
(Definition ofattorneyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

attorney| Business English

attorney
noun[C]
LAW
uk
/əˈtɜːni/us
US
alawyer:
Mr Temple is the attorneyrepresentingtheplaintiffs.
an attorney for sbAttorneys for bothsidesagreedtopostponethehearing.
adefense/prosecutingattorney
acivil/criminalattorney
apersonwho has thelegalrighttoactfor someoneelse:
You mayappointan attorneytoactonyourbehalf.
See also
district attorney
letter of attorney
power of attorney
(Definition ofattorneyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofattorney

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The plaintiff (most probably at the suggestion of herattorney) changed strategy and decided to employ a procedural argument rather than substantive one.
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We encourage families to obtain durable power ofattorneyfor health care for their demented relatives and avoid the cost and procedures of guardianship.
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In this instance, the cemetery's attorneys almost welcomed defeat as a way to end their ' ' untenable legal position.
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Their voices show that attorneys were not always able to steer witnesses along by putting words in their mouths or by asking leading questions.
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Surely opportunities to be physicians or attorneys should be confined to those who have the requisite talents.
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Having established credibility, he then moves to challenge or contradict what the attorneys have said.
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In the autumn of 1764 he seemed likely to return to office, either asattorneygeneral or master of the rolls.
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Less than 2.5 per cent of all inventories were for professional people (attorneys, apothecaries, barbers, schoolteachers, surgeons and clerks).
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If the issue is borderline, then the competing efforts of attorneys will tend to reveal the issue's borderline status.
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Some assistant district attorneys went as far as putting pressure on men to go through with a marriage.
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In the late seventeenth century, it was quite probably through word of mouth and the brokerage of local attorneys.
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As a consequence of these various pressures attorneys tended to remain aloof from politics and interested primarily in their own professional advancement.
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For instance, following the injury the man completed college, then law school, and at the time of the study was a practicingattorney.
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To a certain extent, the journal created an imagined professional community composed of the growing socio-professional class that included judges, public prosecutors, attorneys and clerks.
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In the face of these developments, defense attorneys were learning to stay away from fingerprint examiners.
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