Ambulance Chaser——唯利是圖的律師
** a lawyer who is too aggressive in getting clients(一個過於激進爭取客戶的律師);an inferior or unethical lawyer(一個劣等或不道德的律師)
~~ 唯利是圖的律師;事故律師;專攬車禍官司的律師;鼓動交通事故受害者起訴要求賠償的律師;慫恿事故受害者打官司索賠以便從中獲利的律師
~~ unethical lawyer; immoral attorney; shyster(狡猾的律師); pettifogger(奸詐的律師)
!! The term originally described lawyers who actively sought out individuals injured in accidents who required an ambulance. They would try to persuade the injured to let them bring a law suit, on their behalf on a contingent fee basis. Some even commissioned ambulance drivers and police to inform them of accidents.
該術語最初描述的是那些積極尋找在意外中需要救護車傷者的律師。他們會試圖遊說並代表傷者,以零成本的拆帳方式提起訴訟。一些律師甚至委託救護車司機和警察向他們通報事故。
>> Just because we couldn’t make short term payment that one time, the creditor forced us to declare bankruptcy and tried to take over the company on the cheap; he was like a ambulance chaser taking full advantage of our misery.
因我們無法支付短期款項,債權人強迫我們宣佈破產並試圖以賤價接管公司。他就像一個唯利是圖的律師,在我們的苦況中盡拿着數。
>> Since Pamela was injured in the accident; many ambulance chasers have called to help her sue the company, which is exactly the opposite of the attitude of the lawyers in "A Guilty Conscience", the recent box office champion in the history of Hong Kong movies.
自從柏米拉在事故中受傷,許多事故律師都打電話想幫她起訴那家公司,跟香港電影史上票房冠軍“毒舌大狀”中的律師態度剛好相反。
學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文 教授