attorney

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈtɜːni/    美 /əˈtɜɹni/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession. US
    — If those attempts are unsuccessful, the attorney requesting the interrogatories may file a motion for sanctions with the court. The sanctions range from attorney fees to prohibiting the nonanswering party from presenting or defending claims.
  2. An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf in accordance with that person's instructions.
    — Near-synonyms: agent, proxy, representative
  3. One such who practised in the courts of the common law. UK,dated
  4. A solicitor. UK,derogatory,rare,usually
  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. Philippines,US,sometimes
  6. An attorney tree (Clusia spp.)
  7. A prosecutor.
动词 v.
  1. To work as a legal attorney. intransitive,rare
  2. To provide with a legal attorney. rare,transitive

词形变化

attorneys plural attornies obsolete,plural actorney alternative,obsolete attorneys present,singular,third-person attorneying participle,present attorneyed participle,past attorneyed past actorney alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
attorney-at-law attorney at law attorney-client privilege attorneydom attorney general attorney-general attorney-in-fact attorneyism attorney of record attorney record attorneyship cartooney Crown attorney defense attorney district attorney letter of attorney patent attorney plaintiff's attorney power of attorney prosecuting attorney Scotch attorney state attorney state's attorney subattorney substitution of attorney trade mark attorney United States Attorney warrant of attorney
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".
词源 2
From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".
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