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a lawyer who prepares legal documents, for example for the sale of land or buildings, advises people on legal matters, and can speak for them in some courts of law 事务律师，诉状律师（代拟法律文书、提供法律咨询等的一般辩护律师） Extra ExamplesHer first step was to contact a solicitor for advice. 她第一步是找一位事务律师咨询。 I discussed the matter with my instructing solicitor. 我与我的委托律师讨论此事。 She is still a practising solicitor at the age of sixty-two. 她 62 岁了，还在当开业撰状律师。 There will be no court duty solicitor today. 今天不会有法庭当值事务律师到场。 Bridge joined the firm as a trainee solicitor. 布里奇作为实习律师加入了这家公司。 Mr Andrew Davis, solicitor for the Jones family, read a statement. 琼斯一家的律师安德鲁·戴维斯先生宣读了一份声明。
More About lawyerslawyersTopics Law and justicec1, Jobsc1, Businessc1- Lawyer is a general term for a person who is qualified to advise people about the law, to prepare legal documents for them and/or to represent them in a court of law.
lawyer 泛指律师，有资格提供法律咨询、为当事人准备法律文件、在法庭上代表当事人。 - In England and Wales, a lawyer who is qualified to speak in the higher courts of law is called a barrister. In Scotland a barrister is called an advocate.
- In North American English attorney is a more formal word used for a lawyer and is used especially in job titles:
the District Attorney 地方检察官
- Counsel is the formal legal word used for a lawyer who is representing someone in court:
counsel 为正式的法律用语，指代表当事人出庭的律师： counsel for the prosecution 控方律师
- Solicitor is the British English term for a lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares documents, for example when you are buying a house, and sometimes has the right to speak in a court of law.
- In North American English solicitor is only used in the titles of some lawyers who work for the government:
the Solicitor General 首席检察官
- A notary is a person, often but not necessarily a lawyer, who has official authority to be a witness when somebody signs a document and to make the document legally acceptable.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- competent
- good
- qualified
- …
- a firm of solicitors
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a person whose job is to visit or phone people and try to sell them something 推销员 - (North American English)
the most senior legal officer of a city, town or government department （城镇或政府部门负责法律事务的）法务官
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting an agent or deputy): from Old French solliciteur, from solliciter, from Latin sollicitare ‘agitate’, from sollicitus ‘anxious’, from sollus ‘entire’ + citus (past participle of ciere ‘set in motion’).