lobby

英 [ˈlɒbi]

美 [ˈlɑːbi]

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)

复数：lobbies　现在分词：lobbying　过去分词：lobbied　过去式：lobbied　第三人称单数：lobbies　

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牛津词典

noun

• （公共建筑物进口处的）门厅，前厅，大厅
  a large area inside the entrance of a public building where people can meet and wait
  1. a hotel lobby
     旅馆大厅
• （英国议会的）民众接待厅
  (in the British Parliament) a large hall that is open to the public and used for people to meet and talk to Members of Parliament
• （就某问题企图影响从政者的）游说团体
  a group of people who try to influence politicians on a particular issue
  1. The gun lobby is/are against any change in the law.
     赞同拥有枪支的团体反对作任何法律上的修改。
• （就某问题企图影响从政者的）游说
  an organized attempt by a group of people to influence politicians on a particular issue
  1. a recent lobby of Parliament by pensioners
     领养老金者近来在议会的游说

verb

• 游说（从政者或政府）
  to try to influence a politician or the government and, for example, persuade them to support or oppose a change in the law
  1. Farmers will lobby Congress for higher subsidies.
     农民将游说国会提高对农业的补贴。
  2. Women's groups are lobbying to get more public money for children.
     妇女组织在对政府进行游说，要求增加对儿童的拨款。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a large entrance or reception room or area
  Synonym:anteroomantechamberentrance hallhallfoyervestibule
• a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
  Synonym:pressure groupthird house
• the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest

verb

• detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of
  Synonym:buttonhole

双语例句

• He said he can meet you here in the lobby.
  他说他可以在酒店大堂与你们会面。
• Most of the others were already there, talking excitedly in the lobby.
  别的人大半已经到了，正在大厅里很愤慨地谈话。
• 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。
• I met him in a hotel lobby last monday.
  上星期一我在一家旅馆的休息厅见到他。
• 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。
• 3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money
  3,000名市政官员齐聚国会山，为筹集更多的款项进行游说。
• The vote is seen as a defeat for the anti-abortion lobby
  这一投票结果被看作是反堕胎游说团体的一次失败。
• The company hired the President's special trade representative to lobby Mr. Pierce.
  公司雇用了总统的特别商业顾问去游说皮尔斯先生。
• The building's lobby and lounge overlook the golf course's island green and surrounding lake.
  建筑的大厅和休闲室处可以俯瞰高尔夫球场的岛状绿地和环绕的湖泊。
• An agricultural lobby is against a law to allow importing cotton from egypt.
  农业界院外集团，反对透过一项允许从埃及进口棉花的法律。