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)
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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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are lobbies out there that will fight you on every choice you make.
  从大厅到这里你们为了选择做斗争。