lobby

lobby音标

英 [ˈlɒbi]

美 [ˈlɑ:bi]

lobby基本释义

n.大厅；民众接待厅；游说议员者

v.游说

lobby用法及例句

n.(名词)

[U]前厅,厅堂 porch;entrance-hall;ante-room

[C]游说议员的团体 a group of people who try to persuade a member of parliament, senator, etc. to support certain actions

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. 游说 meet (a member of parliament) in order to persuade sb to support one's actions and needs, especially by suggesting a new law

lobby是什么意思

noun

1. a large entrance or reception room or area

Synonym: anteroomantechamberentrance hallhallfoyervestibule

2. a group of people who try actively to influence legislation

Synonym: pressure groupthird house

3. the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest

verb

1. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments ofas for political or economic favors

Synonym: buttonhole

1. 向（*府官员、委员会委员等）进行游说（或疏通）If you lobby someone 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.

e.g. 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。e.g. Gun control advocates are lobbying hard for new laws...*械管制支持者正努力游说通过新法。

lobbyingThe aid was frozen in June after intense lobbying by conservative Republicans.经保守派共和*人的激烈游说，援助于6月份被冻结。

2. 游说团体；活动集团A lobby is a group of people who represent a particular organization or campaign, and try to persuade a government or council to help or support them.

e.g. Agricultural interests are some of the most powerful lobbies in Washington...农业利益集团是华盛顿*具影响力的游说团体之一。e.g. 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. （旅馆等大型建筑的）门厅，大厅，大堂In a hotel or other large building, the lobby is the area near the entrance that usually has corridors and staircases leading off it.

e.g. I met her in the lobby of the museum.我在博物馆的前厅遇见了她。

1. 走廊：由于说客不是国会和*府部门的正式成员,他们通常不能进入会议室和议事大厅,只能在国会和*府大楼的走廊上活动,因此走廊(lobby)这个单词就成了游说活动的英文名,从事游说活动的人士也因此被称为lobbist.

2. 大堂：一、大堂 大堂(Lobby)是客人办理住宿登记手续、休息、会客和结账的地方,是客人进店后首先接触到的公共场所. 大堂必须以其宽敞的空间、华丽的装潢,创造出一种能有效感染客人的气氛,以便给客人留下美好的第一印象和难忘的*后印象.

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作动词(v.)

游说当权者不要通过(某项法案等);通过*治活动、写信等防止(某事) try to persuade people in power not to approve (sth such as a law)lobby against sth

They are actively lobbying against the bill.

他们正在积极游说议员,以阻止通过该项法案。

The cotton farmers from the South lobbied against a law to allow importing cotton from Egypt.

南方的棉农对议员进行游说,反对通过一项准许从埃及进口棉花的法律。

Hunters and other sportsmen have been lobbying against intended changes in the gun laws.

猎人及其他爱好运动的人已采取行动来打消*府修改*械法的意图。

用作名词(n.)

Mary is in the lobby of Grand Hyatt Hotel.玛丽现在在凯悦饭店大厅。

An agricultural lobby is against a law to allow importing cotton from Egypt.农业界院外集团,反对透过一项允许从埃及进口棉花的法律。

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。

用作动词(v.)

The ecologists lobbied powerfully on the anti-nuclear issue.生态学家们就反对使用核能问题展开了强有力的游说活动。

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

strong lobby强大的国会外活动团体

名词+～

cotton lobby棉花商国会外活动团体

hotel lobby旅馆的大厅

union lobby工会国会外活动团体

介词+～

in the lobby在门厅内

to the lobby到休息室

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

lobby a bill使该法案得以通过

～+副词

lobby actively积极游说

lobby powerfully强有力地游说

lobby successfully成功地游说

lobby through使…得以通过

～+介词

lobby for为…游说

In the lobby of the officers' club the wives were having a whist drive.

出自：G. Markstein

I chanced to be in the lobby of the theatre between acts.

出自：J. Thurber

Abroad, all Access/Visa can do is lobby their international organisations..for a ban.

出自：Which?

Write to the papers, organize petitions, lobby relatives, complain to the Governor.

出自：A. Brien

词语用法

词义讲解

词源解说

n.(名词)

lobby用作名词的基本意思是“前厅,厅堂”,也可指英国下议院中,国会议员接待民众的会客厅或议员前往投票的两条通道之一。引申可表示“游说团”“说客”,作此解时是可数集合名词,其单数形式用作主语时谓语动词可用单数形式也可用复数形式。

v.(动词)

lobby的基本意思是“(游说议员)使议案得到通过等”,其后常接介词for, against或副词through等。

lobby可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

v.(动词)

lobby, dissuade, persuade

这组词都可以表示“使某人相信或同意”。其区别是：

lobby特指游说议员而使议案得以通过;persuade的意思是“说服”,指通过情感、意愿等办法说服某人从而去做所希望的事。dissuade的意思是“劝阻”,意指通过劝说让某人别干某件冒险、不明智或预计产生不良后果的事。

☆ 16世纪30年代进入英语，直接源自中世纪拉丁语的lobia，意为门厅，门廊。

近义词

临近词

reception hall

anteroom

lobbyist

lobby man

lobby carpet

lob

lobbyism

lobbyist.

Lobby Service

lobe

lobby banking

lobbyman

Lobby decor

lobby manager

相关列句

They have these huge animals right in the lobby.(他们有这些大型动物在大厅里。)

I met her in the lobby of the museum.(我在博物馆大厅遇到了她。)

The bar is right behind the lobby.(酒吧刚好在大厅的旁边。)

For some people, that sort of language attack is evidence that Mr. King is taking on the banking lobby.(对一些人来说，那种语言攻击是金先生对银行游说的有力证明。)

Under lobby pressure, George Osborne favors rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal.(在游说团体的压力下，GeorgeOsborne赞同农村新建设，反对城市的改造和更新。)

I walked into the lobby of my apartment building recently and was greeted by this notice, "To whoever is watering these plants, please stop."(*近我走进公寓大厅时，看到一则告示：“任何正在给这些植物浇水的人在看到这则告示后，请立即停止浇水。”)

Was anyone in the lobby?(大堂里有人吗？)

After breakfast the old guests sat down on the green leather armchairs and sofas in the lobby and began to gossip and look into the papers; they had nothing to do but wait out the day.(吃过早饭，两位老客人在门厅里的绿皮扶手椅和沙发上坐下，开始闲聊起来，同时翻看报纸；他们除了消磨时光无事可做。)

It held the record for the highest lobby in the world until the Shanghai Park Hyatt eclipsed it.(它在世界上保持了*高的大厅的记录，直到上海公园凯悦使它黯然失色为止。)

Farmers will lobby Congress for higher subsidies.(农民将游说国会提高对农业的补贴。)