lobby
verb [ I or T ] uk/ˈlɒb.i/ us/ˈlɑː.bi/
C2 游说，试图说服（政客、政府或官方团体）
to try to persuade a politician, the government, or an official group that a particular thing should or should not happen, or that a law should be changed
Small businesses have lobbied hard for/against changes in the tax laws. 小公司极力游说支持／反对修改税法。
[ + to infinitive ] Local residents lobbied to have the factory shut down. 当地居民极力要求关闭该工厂。
[ + obj + to infinitive ] They have been lobbying Congress to change the legislation concerning guns. 他们一直在游说国会修改涉枪法律。
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- They are lobbying for tax cuts.
- We are lobbying for changes to the law on drinking and driving.
- Farmers lobbied hard against the export bans.
- They lobbied to have the head teacher removed.
- They are lobbying for better healthcare facilities.
lobby
noun [ C ] uk/ˈlɒb.i/ us/ˈlɑː.bi/
(PRESSURE GROUP)
游说团体，游说集团
a group of people who try to persuade the government or an official group to do something
the anti-smoking lobby 反吸烟游说团体
(ROOM)
B2 大堂，大厅，门厅
the (large) room into which the main entrance door opens in a hotel or other large building
（英国议会的）接见厅，会见厅，表决厅
in the UK parliament, a room where someone meets a member of parliament who they have arranged to talk to, or one of the two passages that members of parliament walk through as a way of voting