lobbies

英 [ˈlɒbiz]

美 [ˈlɑːbiz]

n.  (公共建筑物进口处的)门厅，前厅，大厅; (英国议会的)民众接待厅; (就某问题企图影响从政者的)游说团体
v.  游说(从政者或政府)
lobby的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 向（政府官员、委员会委员等）进行游说（或疏通）
  If youlobbysomeone such as a member of a government or council, you try to persuade them that a particular law should be changed or that a particular thing should be done.
  1. Carers from all over the UK lobbied Parliament last week to demand a better financial deal...
     英国各地的家庭看护人员上周向议会游说，要求改善经济待遇。
  2. Gun control advocates are lobbying hard for new laws...
     枪械管制支持者正努力游说通过新法。
  3. The union has attacked the plan and threatened to lobby against it...
     工会不但攻击该计划，而且还扬言要游说议员反对它。
  4. It must be terribly frustrating to lobby and get absolutely nowhere.
     游说未取得一点结果，一定让人非常沮丧。
• N-COUNT 游说团体；活动集团
  Alobbyis a group of people who represent a particular organization or campaign, and try to persuade a government or council to help or support them.
  1. Agricultural interests are some of the most powerful lobbies in Washington...
     农业利益集团是华盛顿最具影响力的游说团体之一。
  2. He set up this lobby of independent producers.
     他组织了这个由独立生产商组成的游说团。
  3. ...the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, a housing lobby group.
     民权律师委员会，一个住房政策游说团体
• N-COUNT （旅馆等大型建筑的）门厅，大厅，大堂
  In a hotel or other large building, thelobbyis the area near the entrance that usually has corridors and staircases leading off it.
  1. I met her in the lobby of the museum.
     我在博物馆的前厅遇见了她。

双语例句

• The negotiations pose the next battleground in a decades-long fight. The American textile industry consistently lobbies for the trade status of garments to be determined by where the material was made, not just where garments were sewn.
  相关谈判为这场长达几十年的争斗开辟了另一个战场。美国纺织业一直在开展游说活动，希望服装的贸易地位由原材料的产地决定，而不仅仅是缝制成衣的地点。
• Bank branches in Hong Kong gave access to specialist advisers and were often designed like stylish hotel lobbies with interactive TV walls.
  香港的银行分支机构提供专业顾问，其设计往往像富丽堂皇的酒店大堂，并且配备了交互式电视幕墙。
• In the west, regulations have been calibrated and recalibrated over the years after struggles between consumer advocates and business lobbies.
  在西方，经过消费者利益维权者和企业游说团体的长期斗争，规章制度经受了校准与再校准。
• I enter and leave public parks, libraries, the lobbies of skyscrapers, and movie houses. I stay in no place for very long.
  我会进出于公园、图书馆、摩天大楼和电影院，我也可以在不知名的什么地方呆上很久。
• Whirring air conditioners, fuzzy-sounding speakers and nearby noisy lobbies were obscuring his carefully crafted sound effects.
  开枪空调器，模糊测扬声器及附近嘈杂大堂被遮盖了他精心设计音响效果。
• Even as they try to shape pending regulations, business lobbies are also looking beyond President Bush.
  即时他们试图完善未觉的规章，商业界的游说团体然希望超越布什总统。
• Even in hotel lobbies, thieves can be lurking.
  就连宾馆休息厅内，小偷们也许在潜伏中。
• Theatre lobbies were filled with a vociferous crowd during the intermission.
  幕间休息时，剧场游说者总是充斥在嘈杂的人群中。
• The Business Roundtable, which lobbies for corporate America, urged both parties to support the legislation.
  代表美国企业游说的商业圆桌会议（BusinessRoundtable）敦促两党支持该法案。
• Too many lobbies have an interest in keeping the system as it is.
  太多的院外活动团体希望维持现状来获取利益。