attorney
释义
A lawyer, especially one qualified to act for clients in legal matters (chiefly American English).
律师（尤指美式英语中有资格代理客户法律事务的律师）。
A person legally appointed to act on another's behalf, as in 'power of attorney.'
（受委托的）代理人，如 power of attorney（授权委托书）。
词根拆分
词根派生来自古法语 *atorné*，是 *atorner*「转向、指派」（a-/ad-「向」+ tornāre「转」）的过去分词。attorney 字面就是「被转向的人」——被指派、被指向某项任务，去替别人行事。日常的「扭/转」意象消退，只留下法律含义。
词根 tort 还连着 27 个词为什么是这个意思
家族里最不直观的成员。它与「扭/转」的联系在于「被转向」一项职责——即被指派。在美式用法里，attorney 是执业律师的标准词；短语 power of attorney 则保留了更古老、更宽泛的含义：任何被授权替你行事的人。
常用搭配
- 1.defense attorney辩护律师
- 2.district attorney地区检察官
- 3.power of attorney授权委托书
- 4.attorney at law执业律师
- 5.hire an attorney聘请律师
例句
- 1.
She hired an attorney to handle the property dispute.
她聘请了一名律师来处理房产纠纷。
- 2.
The district attorney decided to press charges.
地区检察官决定提起诉讼。
- 3.
He gave his sister power of attorney over his finances.
他把财务上的代理权授予了妹妹。
易混词辨析
attorney 与 lawyer——在日常美式英语中两者相近，但 lawyer 是泛指受过法律训练的人，attorney 强调被授权替客户行事的人。在英式英语里，lawyer 是常用词，attorney 除 power of attorney 外很少用。