lobbying

柯林斯詞典

lobby /?l?b?/ (lobbying,lobbied,lobbies)

• 1. V-T/V-I 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. 游說

  The Wilderness Society lobbied Congress to authorize the Endangered Species Act. 荒野協(xié)會游說國會批準(zhǔn)《瀕危物種法》。

• 2. N-COUNT 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. 游說團體

  Agricultural interests are some of the most powerful lobbies in Washington. 農(nóng)業(yè)利益集團是華盛頓最有影響力的游說團體中的一部分。

• 3. N-COUNT In a hotel or other large building, the lobby is the area near the entrance that usually has corridors and staircases leading off it. 大廳

  I met her in the lobby of the museum. 我在博物館大廳遇到了她。

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