lawyer
lawyer は英検3級・TOEIC 600レベルの英単語で、「弁護士」という意味があります。発音記号は /ˈlɔːjɚ/ です。
弁護士
解説 Definition
法律に関する専門知識を持ち、依頼者を法廷で代理したり法的助言を与える職業人。
A lawyer is a person who knows the law and gives legal advice or speaks for people in court. Lawyers help with problems involving contracts, business, crime, family matters, and other legal issues. In everyday use, it usually means a trained legal professional.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず law「法律」が見えれば意味の中心はつかめます。law + 人を表す語尾で「法律を扱う人」と覚えると定着しやすいです。legal は「法律の・合法の」という形容詞、lawyer はその実務を担う職業名。hire a lawyer, talk to a lawyer, a corporate lawyer などの形でよく出ます。法廷に立つ人だけでなく、契約や助言をする人も lawyer なので、「裁判専門の人」に限定しすぎないのがコツです。
Start with `law`. A `lawyer` is the person connected to law, just like a worker is connected to work. Remember common pairs like `hire a lawyer` and `talk to a lawyer`, and do not limit it to courtroom cases only.
例文
The lawyer helps my father.
その弁護士は私の父を助けます。
A lawyer talks in court.
弁護士が法廷で話します。
This lawyer knows the law.
この弁護士は法律を知っています。
lawyer の類義語・関連語
lawyer の語源・成り立ち Etymology
lawyer は law「法」＋ 人を表す接尾的要素 -yer から成った語です。law は古ノルド語 lag「置かれたもの・定め」由来で、「社会に置かれた決まりを扱う人」から弁護士の意味になりました。関連語は law, lawful。
Lawyer was formed in English from law and the agent ending -yer, meaning a person connected with something. Law came into English from Old Norse lag, meaning something laid down or fixed. The idea developed from a rule set down for society to a person who works with those rules. Related English words include law and lawful.
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