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

• There are pretty strong, mostly Europe-based, lobbies who oppose their use in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  有一些相当强大的、基本上是来自欧洲的游说活动反对在撒哈拉以南非洲使用转基因技术。
• 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。
• But some observers and participants stressed that stark divisions remained among different participants and lobbies in the talks.
  然而，一些观察家和与会人士强调，参与谈判的各方与游说者依然存在严重分歧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But they deal with well-heeled lobbies every day.
  但是他们每天都要与这些穿着考究的游说人员打交道。
• The National Foreign Trade Council, a US business group that lobbies for free trade, urged the US Congress not to impose tariffs on imports from countries such as China and India that have agreed only to slow emissions growth, not to cut it.
  主张自由贸易的美国商业组织美国对外贸易委员会（nftc）敦促美国国会不要对从中国和印度等国进口的产品征收关税，这些国家只同意减缓排放增长，而不是减少排放总量。
• 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。
• Do not interfere with prices and wages; and above all avoid doing anything that wittingly or unwittingly strengthens business, labour or agricultural lobbies.
  不要干预价格和薪资；最重要的是，要避免有意或无意地增强企业、劳动者或农业游说团体的权力。