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

• 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。
• She lobbied hard for a woman on the Supreme Court, though pillow-talk had no effect in that case.
  她曾在美国最高法院中为一位妇女全力游说，尽管对丈夫的枕边细语在整个案子中毫无作用。
• 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。
• Liberated from death row, the banks have lobbied hard against burdensome regulatory changes.
  从死囚牢中释放出来的各银行已经展开了大力游说，反对会给自己带来负担的监管改革。
• For years the fund has lobbied to have the policy extended to listings in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
  多年来，该基金一直在进行游说，希望这一政策扩大到在上海和深圳上市的A股。
• Friends said the US ambassador to Pakistan, Anne Patterson, had lobbied for their release.
  友人透露美国大使安妮·帕特森曾为这些人的保释进行了游说。
• Google rivals, including Microsoft Corp., and privacy advocates had lobbied against the deal.
  微软（microsoftcorp.）等谷歌的竞争对手及主张保护隐私权的人士纷纷反对该项交易。
• Rival drinks-makers lobbied the government, saying they would lose market share to a juiced-up Coke.
  与之竞争的饮料制造商则游说政府，称吞并了果汁业务的可口可乐会夺走他们的市场份额。
• 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。
• 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。