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

• It should not base its interests on traditional lobbies and pressures.
  它不应将其利益建立在传统的游说和压力基础上。
• In the US, it is not just industry lobbies who complain about a cheap renminbi.
  在美国，抱怨人民币汇率过低的，已不只限于产业游说团体。
• Truth and justice know no lobbies, no politics
  真相和正义没有游说团和政治权术
• The ground level of towers contain public functions, lobbies and parking entrances.
  塔楼的首层是公共功能、门厅及停车场入口。
• 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。
• In the west, regulations have been calibrated and recalibrated over the years after struggles between consumer advocates and business lobbies.
  在西方，经过消费者利益维权者和企业游说团体的长期斗争，规章制度经受了校准与再校准。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。