lobby
n. 门厅,大厅; 休息室; 游说团; 投票厅
vi. 为了支持或抵制某项特定目标游说
vt. 对…进行游说; 陈情(试图努力影响某人采取有利行动)
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 UK lobbied Parliament last week to demand a better financial deal...
英国各地的家庭看护人员上周向议会游说,要求改善经济待遇。
Gun control advocates are lobbying hard for new laws...
枪械管制支持者正努力游说通过新法。
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...
农业利益集团是华盛顿最具影响力的游说团体之一。
He set up this lobby of independent producers.
他组织了这个由独立生产商组成的游说团。
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.
我在博物馆的前厅遇见了她。
1. a large entrance or reception room or area
2. a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
1. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
The lift doors opened onto the lobby.
电梯的门正对着大厅.
I commissioned a painting for the hotel lobby.
我为酒店大厅定做了一幅画.
Care for and water plants at Common Areas and Lobby.
维护公共区域和大堂的植物.
The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific.
整个门厅一片嘈杂, 而且喧嚣刺耳.
Ungef & auml ; hr ein Dutzend Polizisten begleitete uns in die Lobby , w & auml ; hrend ihre Verst & auml ; rkung den Eingang bewachte.
大约 十多名警察随着我们进了过道, 他们的后援守住了入口.