attorney, lawyer, counsel, advocate

名詞 lawyer:

1. a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
   同義詞：attorney

1. His lawyer decided to take an appeal to a higher court.
   他的律師決定向高一級法院上訴。
2. Regulations prescribe that a lawyer draw up the paper.
   條文規(guī)定必須由律師擬定此公文。
3. Nothing can weaken his resolve to become a lawyer.
   什么也動搖不了他要當律師的決心。
4. A good lawyer can always find a loophole.
   精明的律師總能找到漏洞。
5. The lawyer explained the new law to us.
   律師向我們解釋了新法律。
6. She is easily the best lawyer in the city.
   她無疑是本市最好的律師。
7. He is dreaming of becoming a lawyer.
   他夢想著成為律師。

law.yer

n.（名詞）
One whose profession is to give legal advice and assistance to clients and represent them in court or in other legal matters.
律師：其職業(yè)是給委托人提供法律咨詢或幫助，并在法庭或其它法律事務中代表他們

來源：
Middle English lauier
中古英語 lauier
from law [law] * see law
源自 law [法律] *參見 law

【引伸】
law.yerly
adv.（副詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>lawyer,attorney,counselor,counsel,barrister,solicitorThese nouns denote persons who practice law.
這些名詞都指運用法律的人。
Lawyer is the general and most comprehensive termfor one authorized to give legal advice to clients and to plead cases in a court of law:
Lawyer 是最普通和廣泛的術語，用來指授權給委托人提供法律咨詢并在法庭上為其辯護的人：
例句：
called her lawyer after the automobile accident.
車禍發(fā)生后打電話給她的律師。

Attorney is often used interchangeably withlawyer, but in a narrower senseit denotes a legal agent for a client in the transaction of business:
Attorney 通?？膳clawyer 互換， 但從更狹的意義上說，它指在商業(yè)事務中代表委托人的法律代理：
例句：
Corporate attorneys negotiated the new contract.
公司律師就新合同進行談判。

Counselor andcounsel are terms for persons who give legal advice and serve as trial lawyers;
Counselor 和counsel 兩詞指的是提供法律咨詢并擔任出庭律師的人。
counsel also applies to a team of lawyers employed in conducting a case:
counsel 還指被雇傭參與案件審理的一群律師：
例句：
Ms. Barnes is counselor for the defense.
巴恩斯女士是被告的辯護律師。

例句：
A table has been reserved for the defense counsel during the trial.
在審判中有一張桌子是為被告的辯護律師準備的。

Barrister refers principally to a British trial lawyer:
Barrister 主要用來指英國的出庭律師：
例句：
The defense is represented by a barrister from Leeds. In England asolicitor is a lawyer whose practice is devoted largely to serving as a legal agent, representing clients in lower courts,and preparing cases for barristers to try in superior courts;in the United States the term denotes the chief law officer of a city, town, or governmental department:
被告由一位來自利茲的律師代理。 在英格蘭，Solicitor 是指其業(yè)務主要為充當法律代理的律師， 在低級法院中代表委托人，在高級法院審理中作為出庭律師準備案卷。在美國，這個詞指代城市、城鎮(zhèn)或政府部門中的總法務官：

例句：
Solicitors for the squire handled the sale of his extensive lands.
這位鄉(xiāng)紳出售大片土地的事宜由他的律師處理。

例句：
The case will be presented by the Solicitor General.
這一案子將由副檢察長受理