Barrister

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–noun Law. 

1. (in England) a lawyer who is a member of one of the Inns of Court and who has the privilege of pleading in the higher courts. Compare solicitor (def. 4). 

2. Informal. any lawyer.  





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lawyer, attorney, attorney-at-law, barrister, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, solicitor (nn.)  

 

All these refer to members of the legal profession. 



A lawyer is someone trained in the law, able to advise clients on the law and to represent them in court. 



An attorney is a lawyer empowered to represent clients’ interests and to act for them; 

an attorney-at-law is a practitioner qualified to prosecute or defend in a court of law. 



Counsel is a term for a lawyer who is directing a case in court or advising or representing persons or organizations on legal matters (as in the cliché, You should seek advice of counsel). 

Counselor and counselor-at-law are other names for lawyers who advise or represent clients in court. 



A barrister is a lawyer admitted to plead and undertake trials in a British superior court. 

A solicitor is a British lawyer who advises and represents clients in the lower courts and briefs (v.) (prepares cases for) barristers to plead in higher courts.





　

Soon she's off to a holiday turkey-curry buffet where, 



for the umpteenth time, 



family friends barrage her 

[with] questions about her love life. 



Though her irrepressible mum (Gemma Jones) is scheming to fix her up with a childhood friend, party guest and 



top barrister Mark Darcy (Firth), Bridget, who suffers from foot-in-mouth disease, botches [the encounter].



barrage

彈幕

阻攔,阻塞

以密集火力攻擊 (或阻擊)





umpteenth

the umpteenth appearance of [Jay] and [Silent Bob] aside



diatribe 

disparage barrage

Castigate



(verbally) incontinent

scour

ransack rummage

fumble bumble botch 

Fray