单词 | lobby |
释义 | lobby (lɒbi ) Word forms: lobbies , lobbying , lobbied 1. verb 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. Carers from all over the U.K. lobbied Parliament last week to demand a better financial deal. [VERB noun] Gun control advocates are lobbying hard for new laws. [VERB + for] The union has attacked the plan and threatened to lobby against it. [V for/against n] It must be terribly frustrating to lobby and get absolutely nowhere. [VERB] Synonyms: campaign, press, pressure, push lobbying uncountable noun The aid was frozen in June after intense lobbying by conservative Republicans. [+ by] 2. countable noun 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. Agricultural interests are some of the most powerful lobbies in Washington. He set up this lobby of independent producers. [+ of] ...the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, a housing lobby group. Synonyms: pressure group, group, camp, faction 3. countable noun B2 In a hotel or other large building, the lobby is the area near the entrance that usually has corridors and staircases leading off it. I met her in the lobby of the museum. [+ of] Synonyms: corridor, hall, passage, entrance Collocations: industry lobby As for the 'powerful fishing industry lobby', there are other marine industries that wield far more clout than the fishing industry, not least the offshore energy industry. Times, Sunday Times Industry lobby groups fear that curbs on the market could push premiums even higher. Times, Sunday Times He was instrumental in forming an industry lobby about that bill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Somehow, despite the opposition of farming and industry lobbies, he always obtained a positive opinion from the committee which, in those days, counted for something. Times, Sunday Times Last year the industry lobbied for big increases in charges to pay for better flood defences and more pipe replacement. Times, Sunday Times But the company has not been afraid to lobby for change. Times, Sunday Times Despite the vote, no shareholder has come out publicly to lobby for change at the top of the company. Times, Sunday Times It was the last chance for the teams to lobby for change before they are published at the end of this month. Times,Sunday Times Working with the council, 131 leading businesses - big and small - lobby for change and come up with suggestions to improve the area. Times, Sunday Times Archaeologists and conservationists are continuing to lobby for change. Times, Sunday Times The companies are up in arms and have lobbied successfully for an extra six months to bring prices down voluntarily. Times, Sunday Times He lobbied successfully for pre-development archaeology to become statutory. Times, Sunday Times Fearing that annual darting and vaccinating would have caused the deaths of at least half of them, wildlife experts had lobbied successfully against the plan. Times, Sunday Times He lobbied successfully for the concession by presenting plans for a new, 140,000 seat stadium, as well as other improvements, notably a sports complex. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He lobbied successfully in 1995 for the amendment of a similar bill to protect such privacy, and the bill was adopted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The industry will be lobbying government to protect certain aspects of its members. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The Church of England has lobbied the government to maintain the distinction between marriage and civil partnership. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It is understood that the council has been lobbying the government for help to fund tougher enforcement. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Gatwick is to redouble its campaign to lobby the government over the coming weeks and months. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It is surely time to form an apolitical national group to lobby government on behalf of savers. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Some 75% of lenders are expected to back the union when the industry's main lobby group canvasses its members about the forthcoming referendum. Times, Sunday Times The paramedics calmly took her out through the main lobby and into the waiting ambulance. The Sun Energy companies should be simpler and more open with businesses about the prices they charge to supply gas and electricity, according to the main lobby group for small entrepreneurs. Times, Sunday Times The team then helped a couple escape down the stairs to the main lobby. Times, Sunday Times Which of the following will not be found in the shared main lobby of the international broadcast centre and the main press centre? Times, Sunday Times Our daring duo enters the heavily guarded enemy skyscraper through the marble lobby. Times, Sunday Times Tourists fled ahead of him, scrambling up the marble steps, through the glass doors and into the large marble lobby of the hotel. Times, Sunday Times A group of protesters stormed the marble lobby of the hotel. Times, Sunday Times Bond strode across the marble lobby, pressed the lift-call button, changed his mind and ran up three flights of stairs. Times, Sunday Times Designed as a guesthouse for visiting government delegations, it now has an imposing marble lobby, 401 rooms, six restaurants, an outdoor terrace and a large, high-ceilinged pool. Times, Sunday Times Drivers are slow to be riled, but a powerful lobby once they are. Times,Sunday Times The charter makes a solemn call to professionalism and urges healers to take themselves seriously and to organise into a powerful lobby. Times, Sunday Times They are a powerful lobby and the sport brings in 3.5 billion per year to the rural economy. Times, Sunday Times A powerful lobby of self-righteous senators think so and are in relentless pursuit. Times, Sunday Times A powerful lobby that's driven by its hormones, thicker than a trade union block vote and more than capable of wrecking any television show. The Sun Push through the glass doors and into a spacious lobby with funky cowhide-effect walls and light installations. Times, Sunday Times There's a piano bar and two restaurants, while a spacious lobby brims with enough art to feel like a gallery. The Sun Its twin towers are joined by a spacious lobby with a curved glass ceiling that by day lights up the entire space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Public spaces on the first five floors included three dining rooms, three ballrooms, a spacious lobby, and a ground floor retail arcade. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He said the hotel's spacious lobby and its ballrooms need updating but are in relatively good shape and would be preserved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 游说, 游说团体, 大厅 Japanese: 働きかける, 圧力団体, ロビー |
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