These nouns denote persons who practice law.
這些名詞都指運用法律的人。
1、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並在法庭上為其辯護的人：
called her lawyer after the automobile accident.
車禍發生後打電話給她的律師。
2、Attorney is often used interchangeably withlawyer, but in a narrower senseit denotes a legal agent for a client in the transaction of business:
Attorney 通常可與lawyer 互換， 但從更狹的意義上說，它指在商業事務中代表委托人的法律代理：
Corporate attorneys negotiated the new contract.
公司律師就新合同進行談判。
3、Counselor and counsel 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並擔任出庭律師的人。
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壹群律師：
Ms. Barnes is counselor for the defense.
巴恩斯女士是被告的辯護律師。
A table has been reserved for the defense counsel during the trial.
在審判中有壹張桌子是為被告的辯護律師準備的。
4、Barrister refers principally to a British trial lawyer:
Barrister 主要用來指英國的出庭律師：
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:
被告由壹位來自利茲的律師代理。 在英格蘭，Solicitor 是指其業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、城鎮或政府部門中的總法務官：
5、Solicitors for the squire handled the sale of his extensive lands.
這位鄉紳出售大片土地的事宜由他的律師處理。
The case will be presented by the Solicitor General.
這壹案子將由副檢察長受理