lobby 详细解释
lobby
['lɔbi]
n.大厅, 民众接待厅,游说议员者
v.游说
n.[C]
1. (剧场, 旅馆等的)大厅; 门廊
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。
2. (英国下院的)会客室, 休息室
3. (对议员施加压力的)院外游说团[G]
vt.
1. 对(议员等)进行游说(或疏通)[O2]
We lobbied the members of parliament.
我们对国会议员进行了游说。
2. 施加压力(或影响)使(议案等)得以通过[(+through)]
lobby a bill through the Senate
施加压力使法案得以通过参议院
vi.
对议员游说; 从事幕后活动[(+for/against)]
They lobbied on the environmental protection issue.
他们就环境保护问题在议员中进行了游说。
词形变化
名词: lobbyer | 名词复数: lobbies | 动词过去式: lobbied | 动词过去分词: lobbied | 动词现在分词: lobbying | 动词第三人称单数: lobbies |
词义辨析
同义:
n.大厅; 走廊; 入口
同义参见:
英英释义
名词 lobby:
a large entrance or reception room or area
同义词:anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, vestibule
the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
同义词:pressure group, third house
动词 lobby:
detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
同义词:buttonhole
补充
lobbylobby英:[ˈlɔbi] 美:[ˈlɑbi]n.1.前厅, 厅堂Mary is in the lobby of Asian Hotel.玛丽现在在亚洲旅馆大厅。2.议会休息室3.游说议员的团体The clean-air lobby are/is against the plans for the new factory.空气清洁运动团体反对设立新工厂的计划。vt. & vi.1.向…进行游说[疏通]They are actively lobbying against the bill.他们正在积极游说议员, 阻止通过该项法案。例句
1. I met her in the lobby of the museum.我在博物馆的大厅里碰见了她。 2. 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。 3. 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。 4. Disabled rights campaigners held a mass lobby of Parliament.残疾人权利活动家们对议会进行了集体游说。 5. Carers lobbied Parliament to demand a better financial deal.护理员向议会游说, 要求改善经济待遇。 6. It must be terribly frustrating to lobby and get absolutely nowhere.四处游说却一无所获肯定是件令人沮丧的事情。 7. an organization which lobbies for the right to electronic privacy为争取电子隐私权而游说的一个组织 8. 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。 9. 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。 10. 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 11. He lobbied on behalf of businessmen.他为商人们游说。 12. They are lobbying for their own proposals.他们在为自己的提议进行游说。 13. John is lobbying some members of the legislature.约翰在对一些立法委员们进行游说。 14. The ecologists successfully lobbied the bill through.生态学家们进行游说成功地使该法案得以通过。 15. members of the anti-abortion lobby.反对堕胎的院外活动集团。 16. [as modifier]lobby groups.院外活动团体。 17. a recent lobby of Parliament by pensioners.领养老金者最近对议会的活动。 18. it is recommending that booksellers lobby their MPs.有人建议让书商去他们的议员那里活动活动。 19. [no obj.]a region-wide group lobbying for better rail services.为争取更好的铁路服务而进行活动的地区团体。 20. a hotel lobby旅馆大厅 21. the anti-smoking lobby反对吸烟的游说团体 22. a hotel lobby旅馆大厅 23. I'll meet you in the lobby after the show.演出结束后,咱们大厅见。 24. the gun/tobacco lobby枪支/烟草游说团 25. The proposed new law is supported/opposed by the oil lobby.新提出的法案受到石油游说团的支持/反对。 26. an organization that has been lobbying for reform of the tax laws一直游说政府进行税法改革的组织 27. The health-care industry has lobbied against the proposal.医疗保健业游说政府别通过那个提案。 28. an organization that has been lobbying Congress for reform of the tax laws一直游说国会进行税法改革的组织 29. They were lobbying Congress to reform the tax laws.他们那时正游说国会改革税法。 30. She has begun lobbying for an interview. [=trying to get an interview]她开始游说试图得到面试的机会。 31. a player who has lobbied hard to be included in the team's starting lineup到处尽力游说想要进入首发阵容的运动员 32. I lobbied our company for a new computer.我游说公司给我换台新电脑。 33. She was hired as a lobbyist for an oil company.她被雇为石油公司的说客。