attorney

attorney

英 [ə'tɜːnɪ]
　　美 [ə'tɝni]

n. 律師；代理人

n.(名詞)attorney的基本意思是“代理人”,指業務或法律事務上的代理人。在美式英語中, attorney也可作“律師”解,尤指有資格代表當事人出庭的律師。

中文詞源：

attorney 律師

前綴at-同ad-. -torn同turn, 轉。轉向顧客的，代表當事人利益的人。

例句：

1. Luckily, Nancy's father and her attorney were one and the same person.
幸運的是，南希的父親就是她的律師。

2. The city attorney's office hasn't found any evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
市檢察官辦公室尚未發現任何刑事犯罪的證據。

3. An attorney is your employee, in a manner of speaking.
律師也可以說是你的雇員。

4. They didn't want her as attorney general.
他們不想要她做司法部長。

5. She was made her father's attorney when he became ill.
她在父親生病時代理父親的事務。