Word · Frequency #1962
lawyer
/ˈlɔjɝː/
verb
当律师；从事律师工作
核心释义
to do or try to do the work of a lawyer
- 1.
从事或尝试从事律师工作
To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
- 2.
进行法律论证
To make legalistic arguments.
进行法律论证；从事或尝试从事律师工作
用法In use
After passing the bar exam, she began to lawyer for a small firm in the city.
用法提示：lawyer 作动词，表示从事律师工作，句中用不定式 to lawyer。
He spent the whole meeting lawyering every point of the contract.
用法提示：lawyering 是 lawyer 的现在分词形式，此处表示进行法律论证。
They lawyered their way through the dispute, avoiding a court trial.
用法提示：lawyered 是 lawyer 的过去式，此处表示以律师的方式处理问题。
lawyer (no object)
作不及物动词使用，表示从事律师这一职业，常与时间或地点状语连用。
After passing the bar exam, she lawyered in a small firm for ten years.
通过律师资格考试后，她在一家小律所当了十年律师。
lawyer for sb
lawyer for sb 表示“为某人或某机构担任律师”，介词 for 后接服务的对象。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- lawyer up
- 聘请律师；（为应对官司）找律师
- He lawyered up before the police could question him.还没等警方审问他，他就先请了律师。
- lawyer over the details
- 为细节抠法律字眼、争执不休
- The two companies lawyered over the details of the deal for months.两家公司为这笔交易的细节抠了好几个月的法律字眼。
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