当他试著开一点玩笑时，法官警告他不要对律师的问题给予玩世不恭的答复。

When he tried to make a little joke, the judge warned him not to give frivolous replies to the lawyer's questions.

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“我没有问题要问他。”波特的律师回答说。

"I have no questions to ask him," Potter's lawyer replied.

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律师看似不经意的问题是为了使证人措手不及。

The lawyer's apparently innocent question was designed to catch the witness off (his) guard.

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The idea is that people who don't have much money can't afford expensive lawyers and they can't figure it out and they really shouldn't be investing in hedge funds.

那些钱不足以支付昂贵律师费,无法解决资金问题的人,实在不该投资对冲基金

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