solicitor在英国指初级律师(与counsel/barrister相对)、而在美国指法务官和顾问(adviser),包括法律顾问。 lawyer作名词时,有通用的律师含义,在美国是指执业律师,在英国还指法律工作者。lawyer还可以作动词。
solicitor = a lawyer who gives advice, prepares legal cases and appears in lower courts (解答疑难,准备案件并出席下级法庭的)事务律师
lawyer = a person whose business it is to advise people about laws and to represent them in court; lawyers in Britain are either solicitors or barristers. 律师
(barrister = a lawyer in Enland who has the right to speak and argue in the higher courts of law 在英格兰,有权在高等法院出庭辩论的) (讼务)律师)
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