門後面是一個人：公司內部最高的律師
這是這個詞今天最常見的用法，畫面裡的那扇門就在公司內部。
noun · C1
The most senior lawyer working inside a company or a government department, who advises it on all of its legal matters. The title is used mainly in American English.
總法律顧問；法務長
核心畫面
A useful way to hold it: one door that every legal question in an organisation ends up knocking on. Counsel is the lawyer who gives advice; general says the door is not for one case, it is for all of them. Both uses are that door — in one it is a person on the staff, in the other it is a firm down the road.
可以這樣抓住它：一個組織裡所有法律問題，最後都會敲到同一扇門。counsel 指的是提供法律意見的律師；genera…更多收起
可以這樣抓住它：一個組織裡所有法律問題，最後都會敲到同一扇門。counsel 指的是提供法律意見的律師；general 指的是這扇門不只管一件案子，而是全部。兩種用法都是這扇門——一種是公司裡的一個人，另一種是街上那間事務所。Two branches
門後面是一家事務所：外部的常年顧問
同一扇門，換成開在外面。工作內容沒變，變的是這個角色由誰擔任——不是員工，而是一間長期合作的事務所。
noun · C1
A firm of lawyers that a company uses for its general legal advice, rather than for one special problem. The dictionary records this use for American English, and it is much less common than the job title.
（美）擔任一般法律顧問的事務所