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单词 ambulance chaser
释义
ambulance chaser
noun[C]
informaldisapproving
uk
/ˈæm.bjʊ.ləns ˌtʃeɪ.sər/us
/ˈæm.bjʊ.ləns ˌtʃeɪ.sɚ/
alawyerwhotriesto getworkbypersuadingsomeone who has been in anaccidenttoclaimmoneyfrom thepersonorcompanyresponsiblefor theaccident:
（怂恿受伤者起诉的）冷血讼棍律师；（乘人之危获取稿源的）冷血记者
Anambulancechasercontactedher thedayshe wasinjuredandpersuadedher tosuethecitycouncilfornegligence.她受伤的当天，就有一个冷血讼棍律师联系到她，劝她起诉市政务委员会失职。
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ambulance-chasing
(Definition ofambulance chaserfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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Even more ominously, when she awakes from surgery a lawyer - ' what they call an ' 'ambulancechaser' ' ' - is there to offer his services (p. 7).
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Anambulancechaser, who was not a solicitor, passed the action on to some firm.
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One critic described him as an identity politicsambulancechaserand another said he represented a right-wing publicity mill.
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It maintained that such access would assist the activities of ambulance chasers that made unsolicited approaches to parties.
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They are often referred to as ambulance chasers, but they chase other forms of business, too.
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Concern has been expressed about the number of so-called ambulance chasers who have been touting for business in ways that have received unfavourable publicity.
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Does he not agree that it would be very undesirable for us to return to the days when certain lawyers were regarded with utter contempt and called ambulance chasers?
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Frank also goes too far when he even insults the patient's granddaughter by calling her anambulancechaser.
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Those required that for the first time the addresses of the parties should be placed on the public register, which could only assist the work of ambulance chasers.
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