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

• 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。
• Worthwhile inventions cannot find support against existing lobbies and new techniques are overlooked.
  有价值的发明没能获得游说联合会的支持，新科技被忽略。
• 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。
• It will bring sweeping cuts to tariffs on manufactured goods but there were large exemptions for agricultural products after Seoul came under pressure from farming lobbies.
  这项自由贸易协定将全面削减制成品关税，但在韩方受到农业游说集团的压力后，对农产品将有较大的豁免。
• 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。
• In the US, it is not just industry lobbies who complain about a cheap renminbi.
  在美国，抱怨人民币汇率过低的，已不只限于产业游说团体。
• Several of the destroyed works had been displayed in the Twin Towers public lobbies and plazas.
  有一些受毁的艺术品在双子城的大厅和广场进行了展览。
• 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。
• To do this, she has used the sunken lobbies, with their large expanse of glass, to create a surreal image of the cityscape as it passes by.
  为了做到这一点，她设计了下沉的大厅，大厅内采用大面积玻璃，创造了超现实的城市形象。
• 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。