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。
当律师；从事律师工作
lawyers — third person singular of lawyer
进行法律论证；从事或尝试从事律师工作
to do or try to do the work of a lawyer
从事或尝试从事律师工作
To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
进行法律论证
To make legalistic arguments.
一般现在时
She lawyers for a corporate client.
她为一家企业客户做律师。
一般过去时
He lawyered for the defense last year.
他去年为辩方做律师工作。
现在完成时
They have lawyered for years.
他们从事律师工作多年。
规则动词：过去式和过去分词均为 lawyered。
After passing the bar exam, she began to lawyer for a small firm in the city.
通过律师资格考试后，她开始在一家小公司从事律师工作。
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.
他在整个会议上对合同的每个要点逐一进行法律论证。
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.
他们通过法律手段处理了这起纠纷，避免了庭审。
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。
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 表示“为某人或某机构担任律师”，介词 for 后接服务的对象。
Before entering politics, he lawyered for a civil rights group.
进入政界之前，他为一家民权组织担任律师。
grammar · medium
易错句子His father is lawyer in Shanghai.
正确表达His father is a lawyer in Shanghai.
lawyer 是可数名词，用单数形式表示职业身份时前面必须加不定冠词 a/an。汉语说“他爸爸是律师”，名词前不加任何冠词，学习者直接照搬汉语结构就会漏掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子He lawyer in a big law firm.
正确表达He lawyers in a big law firm.
动词 lawyer（从事律师工作）在一般现在时中，主语是第三人称单数 he 时，词尾必须加 -s 变成 lawyers。汉语动词没有人称和数的变化，学习者常忘记加这个 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子Many lawyer work in this building.
正确表达Many lawyers work in this building.
many 只能修饰可数名词的复数形式，因此要用 lawyers。汉语名词没有复数词尾，“许多律师”容易被逐字直译成 many lawyer。
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。
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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