counselor

/ˈkau̇n(t)-s(ə-)lər/ (ame, mw)

counselor — 名詞

1. a person trained to listen to someone and help them work through emotional, fami

1.名詞B1
釋義

諮商師

提供心理、生涯或情感建議的專業人員

a person trained to listen to someone and help them work through emotional, family, or career difficulties through one-to-one conversations.

例句

Tanvi started seeing a grief counselor after her mother passed away.

Tanvi 在母親過世後，開始去看悲傷諮商師。

noun + counselor: 'grief / marriage / school counselor'

Our school's career counselor helped Eli choose between studying engineering and architecture.

我們學校的生涯輔導員幫助 Eli 在念工程或建築之間做選擇。

career counselor: someone who advises on job choices

同義詞
  • therapist

    more clinical, focused on mental-health treatment

  • advisor

    broader; covers any field, not only emotional or career help

  • guidance officer

    school-only role, less common in everyday speech

文法句型

counselor + at/in [place]

counselor + for [client group]

用法筆記

Subject is usually a person who has formal training; informal advice from a friend would not normally be called counseling. Often paired with a modifier that names the area of help (grief, school, marriage, drug, career).

常見錯誤

❌My counselor gave me a counselor about my job.
✅My counselor gave me advice about my job.
💡'counselor' is the person; 'advice' is what they give.

2. a lawyer, especially one who represents clients in front of a judge or jury and

2.名詞C1
釋義

辯護律師

在法庭上代表當事人的律師（美式用法）

a lawyer, especially one who represents clients in front of a judge or jury and is sometimes addressed in court as 'Counselor'.

例句

The judge asked, 'Counselor, do you have any further questions for the witness?'

法官問道：「律師，您對證人還有其他問題嗎？」

direct address: 'Counselor' used by a judge

Darius hired one of the city's best counselors to defend him against the fraud charges.

Darius 聘請了城裡最好的辯護律師之一來為他打詐欺官司。

hire a counselor (formal for 'lawyer')

同義詞
  • attorney

    everyday American term for a practicing lawyer

  • lawyer

    neutral, used in all varieties of English

  • advocate

    Scottish and some other systems; one who pleads in court

文法句型

counselor + for [party]

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this is the courtroom-lawyer sense, common in American legal usage and as a polite form of address by judges. Often spelled 'counsellor' in British English, but the legal sense is far less common outside the United States.

常見錯誤

❌I went to the counselor to write my will.' (in BrE general use)
✅I went to the solicitor to write my will.
💡outside US legal contexts, 'lawyer' or 'solicitor' is safer.

3. a young adult, often a college student, paid to supervise a small group of child

3.名詞B2
釋義

夏令營輔導員

在夏令營照顧並帶領小朋友的工作人員

a young adult, often a college student, paid to supervise a small group of children during summer camp — leading daily activities, sleeping in their cabin, and keeping them safe.

例句

Minho worked as a camp counselor every summer to help pay his college fees.

Minho 每年暑假都當夏令營輔導員，賺取大學學費。

camp counselor (typical compound)

Each cabin of ten kids had two counselors who slept in the same building.

每間住十個孩子的小屋會配兩位輔導員，與他們同住一棟。

counselor as group supervisor at a camp

同義詞
  • camp leader

    interchangeable in British contexts where 'counselor' is rare

  • monitor

    broader; can refer to any adult in charge of children

文法句型

counselor + at [camp]

用法筆記

Almost always appears with 'camp' — 'camp counselor' is the fixed compound. Subject is usually a teenager or college student rather than a trained professional.

常見錯誤

❌My camp counselor gave me therapy at summer camp.
✅My camp counselor taught us to swim and lit the campfire each night.
💡sense 3 is supervision, not therapy.