英语词汇ambulance chaser的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

for a liver Ambulance chaser is a thoroughly American term that originally described (and still does) a lawyer who seeks out victims imme- diately after an accident and tries to persuade them to let him represent them in a suit for damages. The expression probably originated in New York City during the late 1890s, a time when disreputable lawyers frequently commissioned ambulance driv- ers and policemen to inform them of accidents and sometimes rode with victims to the hospital to proffer their services.

词汇	ambulance chaser
词源	ambulance chaser. It is said that ambulance chasers in days past had cards like the following: SAMUEL SHARP THE HONEST LAWYER CAN GET YOU $5,000 $10,000 for a leg for a liver Ambulance chaser is a thoroughly American term that originally described (and still does) a lawyer who seeks out victims imme- diately after an accident and tries to persuade them to let him represent them in a suit for damages. The expression probably originated in New York City during the late 1890s, a time when disreputable lawyers frequently commissioned ambulance driv- ers and policemen to inform them of accidents and sometimes rode with victims to the hospital to proffer their services.
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