lawyer

弁護士

法律の相談に応じ、裁判で人を代理することを仕事にしている人。

やさしい英語で： A person whose job is to give advice about the law and speak for people in court.

• You should ask a lawyer.
• Her lawyer helped her understand the contract.
• The two lawyers spoke to the judge.

類義語： attorney, legal adviser

よく使う表現： hire a lawyer, criminal lawyer, ask a lawyer

弁護士

法律の助言をし、裁判で人を代理することが認められている人。

やさしい英語で： A person allowed to give legal advice and speak for people in court.

• You need a lawyer.
• Her lawyer helped her prepare for court.
• Have you spoken to your lawyers?

類義語： attorney, legal adviser

よく使う表現： hire a lawyer, criminal lawyer, lawyer for someone

法律家

法律の学位を持ち、法律に関わる仕事をする資格がある人。

やさしい英語で： A person whose law degree qualifies them for legal work.

• She is a lawyer by training.
• The company employs lawyers to review contracts.
• His degree qualified him as a lawyer.

類義語： legal professional

よく使う表現： qualified lawyer, trained lawyer, graduate lawyer

弁護士として働く

法律の相談に応じたり、裁判で人を代理したりする仕事をする。

やさしい英語で： To work professionally giving legal advice or representing people in court.

• She lawyers for a small firm.
• He lawyered in Chicago for years.
• I spend my days lawyering for local businesses.

類義語： practise law

よく使う表現： lawyer for someone, lawyer in court

法律論を展開する

法律の規則や細かな点を重視して議論する。

やさしい英語で： To argue by focusing on legal rules and small details.

• They lawyered over every word of the agreement.
• Stop lawyering and answer the question.
• She can lawyer any rule into meaning something else.

類義語： argue legalistically

よく使う表現： lawyer over something, lawyer the wording

問い詰める

相手が何かを認めるまで、答えにくい質問を次々にする。

やさしい英語で： To ask someone many difficult questions until they admit something.

• Stop lawyering me about last night.
• She lawyered him until he admitted the truth.
• They tried to lawyer me into changing my story.

使い方： lawyer someone into doing something (He lawyered me into admitting I had taken the money.)

類義語： cross-examine, grill

よく使う表現： lawyer someone, lawyer someone into