lobbying is lobby's Present Participle
- 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
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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 |
3. | [cspv] (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。 |
4. | [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 |
1. | [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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Smith said his company spent more than a year lobbying for regional center status for Federal Way, the site of his project.
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Much of that money was spent through entrenched Washington lobbying firms like the Podesta Group and the Franklin Square Group.
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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.
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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.
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