| 单词 | ambulance chaser |
| 释义 | > as lemmasambulance chaser ambulance chaser n. slang (originally U.S.) a lawyer who actively seeks clients who have suffered injury, loss, etc., in order to profit from compensation claims. ΚΠ 1896 Sun (N.Y.) 30 May 7/2 The ‘ambulance chaser’ who waits to learn of an accident from the newspapers is regarded now as a very unenterprising lawyer. 1946 J. H. Cohen They builded Better than they Knew i. 4 An ambulance-chaser rushed up, put his card in her hand and said, ‘Mammy, you can recover damages for this.’ 2011 Independent (Nexis) 10 Sept. 54 If the ambulance chasers can't simply pay for details of people who have been in an accident, they won't find it so easy to sign up clients. < as lemmas |
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