a lawyer in the UK who has the right to argue cases in the higher courts of law出庭律师，大律师，辩护律师（在英国有资格出席高等法庭进行辩护）Extra Examples- the barrister for the ferry company代表渡轮公司的辩护律师
- Mortimer is still a practising barrister.莫蒂默仍然是执业大律师。
- The barrister for the defendant picked up on this inconsistency.被告人的大律师意识到了这种不一致之处。
- The solicitor must instruct a barrister to appear before the court.事务律师必须委托辩护律师出庭。
More About lawyerslawyers- Lawyer is a general term for a person who is qualified to advise people about the law, to prepare legal documents for them and/or to represent them in a court of law.lawyer 泛指律师，有资格提供法律咨询、为当事人准备法律文件、在法庭上代表当事人。
- In England and Wales, a lawyer who is qualified to speak in the higher courts of law is called a barrister. In Scotland a barrister is called an advocate.
- In North American English attorney is a more formal word used for a lawyer and is used especially in job titles:
- the District Attorney地区检察官
- Counsel is the formal legal word used for a lawyer who is representing someone in court:counsel 为正式的法律用语，指代表当事人出庭的律师：
- counsel for the prosecution控方律师
- Solicitor is the British English term for a lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares documents, for example when you are buying a house, and sometimes has the right to speak in a court of law.
- In North American English solicitor is only used in the titles of some lawyers who work for the government:
- the Solicitor General副检察长
- A notary is a person, often but not necessarily a lawyer, who has official authority to be a witness when somebody signs a document and to make the document legally acceptable.
Topics Law and justicec2, Jobsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryadjectiveprepositionSee full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from the noun bar, perhaps on the pattern of minister.