| 释义 |
lob·by
I. \ˈläbē, -bi\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Medieval Latin lobium, lobia, laubia covered walk, gallery, portico, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German louba, louppea protective roof, porch — more at lodge
1.
a. : a corridor or hall connected with a larger room or series of rooms and used as a passageway or waiting room
< ignorant where the narrow lobbies led — Emily Brontë >
< this lobby of many doors at the head of the windowed staircase — Elizabeth Bowen >
< the small lobby of the post office — Willard Robertson >
as
(1) : one of the two corridors or anterooms of the British House of Commons to which members go to vote when the House divides on a motion
< time and again, on issues of foreign policy, Labor and Conservative MPs have gone into the same lobby — New Republic >
(2) : a large hall serving as a foyer or anteroom
< a hotel lobby >
< a theater lobby >
(3) : an anteroom of a capitol
b. archaic : a small room or enclosure: as
(1) : a small apartment on board ship
(2) : a small enclosed pen for cattle
(3) : a watchman's enclosure in or outside a factory
2.
a. : the persons who frequent the lobbies of a legislative house to do business with the members; specifically : persons not members of a legislative body and not holding government office who attempt to influence legislators or other public officials through personal contact
b. : a particular group of such persons representing a special interest
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
intransitive verb
1. : to conduct activities (as engaging in personal contacts or the dissemination of information) with the objective of influencing public officials and especially members of a legislative body with regard to legislation and other policy decisions
< lobby for their proposals when they reached the floor of the legislature — Gladys M. Kammerer >
2. : to attempt to secure a desired objective by the use of methods resembling or held to resemble those of a political lobbyist
< members successfully lobbied among the convention delegates — New Republic >
transitive verb
1. : to influence or attempt to influence with regard to policy decisions and especially proposals for legislation
< wine, dine, and lobby the legislature — Newsweek >
2.
a. : to promote and especially to secure the passage of (as legislation) by influencing public officials
< the man who lobbied the prohibition law through Congress — Herbert Asbury >
b. : to advance or otherwise secure favorable treatment for (as a desired project) by influencing public officials before the beginning or following the completion of the legislative process |