ABA is the usual short name for the American Bar Association, the large professional group for lawyers in the United States. Bar in this older sense means the legal profession, not a place that sells drinks: people who have passed the bar are lawyers.

ABA is the usual short name for the American Bar AssociationABA是American Bar Association（美國律師協會）常見的簡稱, the large professional group for lawyers in the United States是美國一個規模很大、給律師參加的專業團體。Bar in this older sense means the legal professionbar在這種較舊的用法裡指的是法律這個行業, not a place that sells drinks不是賣酒的地方: people who have passed the bar are lawyers通過bar的人就是律師。

The ABA writes model ethics rules, accredits many US law schools, and often speaks in public about courts and the law. You will meet the letters in news about American legal fights, in academic papers, and on the CVs of US-trained lawyers.

The ABA writes model ethics rulesABA會撰寫倫理規範的範本, accredits many US law schools也認證許多美國法學院, and often speaks in public about courts and the law而且常常公開就法院和法律議題發言。You will meet the letters in news about American legal fights你會在關於美國法律爭議的新聞裡看到這幾個字母, in academic papers在學術論文裡, and on the CVs of US-trained lawyers還有受過美國訓練的律師履歷裡。

It is an American institution; Taiwan has its own bar groups, so a student here mainly needs ABA as a label in US-related reading.

It is an American institution這是美國的機構; Taiwan has its own bar groups台灣有自己的律師公會, so a student here mainly needs ABA as a label in US-related reading所以在台灣的學生，主要是在讀美國相關的內容時，把ABA當成一個標籤來認識就好。

People say the three letters, A-B-A, not a word that sounds like ah-bah.

People say the three letters, A-B-A大家是一個一個字母唸，A-B-A, not a word that sounds like ah-bah不是唸成聽起來像ah-bah的一個詞。