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lobbying is lobby's Present Participle

lobby

US [ˈlɑbi]
UK [ˈlɒbi]
  • v.游说；收买议员；运动通过议案；暗中运动
  • n.休息室；门厅；接待室；(表决时分别投票的)投票厅
  • Web游说活动；院外活动；游说集团
Plural Form：lobbies  Past Participle：lobbied  Present Participle：lobbying  

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n.
1.
[c]
（公共建筑物进口处的）门厅，前厅，大厅a large area inside the entrance of a public building where people can meet and wait
a hotel lobby
旅馆大厅
2.
[c]
（英国议会的）民众接待厅(in the British Parliament) a large hall that is open to the public and used for people to meet and talk to Members of Parliament
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（就某议题企图影响从政者的）游说团体a group of people who try to influence politicians on a particular issue
The gun lobby is/are against any change in the law.
赞同拥有枪支的团体反对作任何法律上的修改。
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[c][sing]
（就某议题企图影响从政者的）游说an organized attempt by a group of people to influence politicians on a particular issue
a recent lobby of Parliament by pensioners
领养老金者近来在议会的游说
v.
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[t][i]
~ (sb) (for/against sth)
游说（从政者或政府）to try to influence a politician or the government and, for example, persuade them to support or oppose a change in the law
Farmers will lobby Congress for higher subsidies.
农民将游说国会提高对农业的补贴。
Women's groups are lobbying to get more public money for children.
妇女组织在游说政府，要求增加对儿童的拨款。

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AllAll,游说游说,收买议员收买议员,运动通过议案运动通过议案,暗中运动暗中运动,休息室休息室,门厅门厅,接待室接待室,投票厅投票厅,游说活动游说活动,院外活动院外活动,游说集团游说集团
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Smith said his company spent more than a year lobbying for regional center status for Federal Way, the site of his project.
史密斯说他为了能让他的项目所在的地方具有“地区中心”的资质，他花了将近一年的时间去说服联邦政府。
shǐ mì sī shuō tā wèi le néng ràng tā de xiàng mù suǒ zài de dì fang jù yǒu " dì qū zhōng xīn " de zī zhì , tā huā le jiāng jìn yī nián de shí jiān qù shuō fú lián bāng zhèng fǔ 。
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Much of that money was spent through entrenched Washington lobbying firms like the Podesta Group and the Franklin Square Group.
大部分开支是通过华盛顿老牌游说公司——比如波德斯塔集团（PodestaGroup）与富兰克林广场集团（FranklinSquareGroup）——花费出去的。
dà bù fen kāi zhī shì tōng guò huá shèng dùn lǎo pái yóu shuì gōng sī —— bǐ rú bō dé sī tǎ jí tuán ( PodestaGroup ) yǔ fù lán kè lín guǎng chǎng jí tuán ( FranklinSquareGroup ) — — huā fèi chū qù de 。
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By the time the WTO rules, the American firms lobbying for protection from Chinese imports will doubtless have enjoyed several years of it.
毫无疑问，在WTO做出裁决之前，那些寻求保护以避免中国进口产品影响的公司将享有几年的恩惠。
háo wú yí wèn , zài WTO zuò chū cái jué zhī qián , nà xiē xún qiú bǎo hù yǐ bì miǎn zhōng guó jìn kǒu chǎn pǐn yǐng xiǎng de gōng sī jiāng xiǎng yǒu jǐ nián de ēn huì 。
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McCain and Barack Obama have sparred over ties to lobbying firms and financial institutions caught up in the Wall Street turmoil.
麦凯恩与奥巴马已经就各自与跟华尔街危机有瓜葛的游说公司和金融机构的关系进行了交锋。
mài kǎi ēn yǔ ào bā mǎ yǐ jīng jiù gè zì yǔ gēn huá ěr jiē wēi jī yǒu guā gé de yóu shuì gōng sī hé jīn róng jī gòu de guān xì jìn xíng le jiāo fēng 。
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And I thought, I'm buggered if I'm going to spend the rest of my life lobbying for these crumby governments to do what needs to be done.
我想到，如果我将我的余生用于游说于这些政府我会累死的。
wǒ xiǎng dào , rú guǒ wǒ jiāng wǒ de yú shēng yòng yú yóu shuì yú zhè xiē zhèng fǔ wǒ huì lèi sǐ de 。
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And Wall Street banks are gearing up for a furious lobbying campaign, in an effort to water down some of the reform proposals.
华尔街银行正准备大举游说，以期减轻某些改革提议的推行力度。
huá ěr jiē yín háng zhèng zhǔn bèi dà jǔ yóu shuì , yǐ qī jiǎn qīng mǒu xiē gǎi gé tí yì de tuī xíng lì dù 。
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It seems irrational to me, but he says it is all down to lobbying by the timber industry.
我觉得这么干是没有逻辑的，不过他说木材业已经开始在进行这方面的游说了。
wǒ jué de zhè me gàn shì méi yǒu luó jí de , bú guò tā shuō mù cái yè yǐ jīng kāi shǐ zài jìn xíng zhè fāng miàn de yóu shuì le 。
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Fears over employment are one thing; more serious perhaps are exporters' lobbying and the will to see a "stronger" China among the populace.
对就业的担忧是一方面，更重要的或许是出口企业的游说，以及民众希望看到中国“强大起来”的意愿。
duì jiù yè de dān yōu shì yì fāng miàn , gèng zhòng yào de huò xǔ shì chū kǒu qǐ yè de yóu shuì , yǐ jí mín zhòng xī wàng kàn dào zhōng guó " qiáng dà qǐ lái " de yì yuàn 。
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The word "lobbying" as a name for these campaigns dates back at least to 18th-century Britain.
这些活动又称为“院外活动”，此一词至少可以追溯到18世纪的英国。
zhè xiē huó dòng yòu chēng wéi " yuàn wài huó dòng " , cǐ yī cí zhì shǎo kě yǐ zhuī sù dào shí bā shì jì de yīng guó 。
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The deal was the result of a marathon weekend session of European leaders -- one that included lobbying calls from U.
周末，欧洲的领导人召开了马拉松式的会议，最终批准了这项计划。
zhōu mò , ōu zhōu de lǐng dǎo rén zhào kāi le mǎ lā sōng shì de huì yì , zuì zhōng pī zhǔn le zhè xiàng jì huà 。
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