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

• 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。
• 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。
• Online lobbies have been renamed.
  在线大厅已经重新命名。
• 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。
• These are also the least upsetting to the interests of powerful lobbies, particularly in finance.
  对于强大的游说集团，特别是在金融行业，这也是对最不会影响到他们利益的做法。
• Fixed an error that prevented players in online lobbies from chatting globally after sending private messages to other players.
  修正错误以防止玩家在线上大厅传送私人讯息给其他玩家后变成与所有人交谈。
• 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。
• The protectionist lobbies that have wreaked havoc during past economic downturns are weaker or more ambivalent this time round.
  在过去几次经济衰退期间曾造成严重破坏的保护主义游说活动，这次势力有所减弱，或者态度变得更加模棱两可。
• 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。