单词 | lobby |
释义 | noun | verb lobbylobby1 /ˈlɑbi/ ●○○ noun (plural lobbies) [countable] 1 a wide area or large hall just inside the entrance to a public building: a hotel lobby2social studies, politics a group of people or companies who try to persuade the government or someone with political power to change a law so that it is more favorable to that particular group: The law has the support of the gun-control lobby. [Origin: 1500–1600 Medieval Latin lobium covered way for walking] noun | verb lobbylobby2 ●○○ verb (lobbies, lobbied, lobbying) [intransitive, transitive] social studies, politics to try to persuade the government or someone with political power to change a law to make it more favorable to you: lobby for/against Price lobbied hard for passage of the helmet law.lobby somebody to do something Alquist is lobbying the governor to sign the controversial bill. |
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