lobbied

英 [ˈlɒbid]

美 [ˈlɑːbid]

v.  游说(从政者或政府)
lobby的过去分词和过去式

过去式：lobbied　

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

• Detroit, which traditionally lobbied against fuel taxes, is suddenly in no position to argue.
  而且通常会游说反对燃油税的底特律突然彻底失去了谈判的资本。
• Ping An, a local insurance company, had also lobbied to gain control.
  中国本土保险公司平安保险（pingan）也曾多方游说，希望获得控股权。
• President Obama personally lobbied senior Indian officials when he was here in Delhi last year.
  奥巴马总统去年访问新德里时还亲自向印度官员进行了游说。
• Unfortunately for the government, the ecologists lobbied powerfully on the anti-nuclear issue.
  对政府来说不幸的是，生态学家们就反核问题进行了有力的游说。
• Local residents lobbied to have the factory shut down.
  当地居民游说议员将该工厂关闭。
• Government agencies and nongovernmental organizations lobbied for changes in the law.
  政府机构和非政府组织为修改法律进行了游说。
• The leaders of France, Spain and Italy have by contrast lobbied hard in favour.
  与之形成反差的是，法国、西班牙以及意大利的领导人为使该计划获得支持进行了大力游说。
• The ecologists lobbied powerfully on the anti-nuclear issue.
  生态学家们就反对使用核能问题展开了强有力的游说活动。
• Dick Cheney, the US vice president, has lobbied against the legislation, arguing it tied America's hands in its "war on terror".
  美国副总统DickCheney（迪克。切尼）进行了反对该立法的游说活动，他辩解道，该项立法将捆住美国“反恐战”的手脚。
• Some policymakers in Beijing have also lobbied for the change because of concerns that by allowing companies to list solely in Hong Kong, Chinese investors cannot benefit from the growth of some of the mainland's fastest-growing enterprises.
  北京的一些决策者也为这种改变进行了游说。他们担心，允许企业只在香港上市，中国投资者将无法从某些内地企业的快速增长中获益。