lobbying

基本解释

• n. 游说
• v. 进行游说（lobby的ing形式）；对议员进行游说以影响其投票

词源解说

• 16世纪30年代进入英语，直接源自中世纪拉丁语的lobia，意为门厅，门廊。

同根派生

用法辨析

n. (名词)

• lobby用作名词的基本意思是“前厅,厅堂”,也可指英国下议院中,国会议员接待民众的会客厅或议员前往投票的两条通道之一。引申可表示“游说团”“说客”,作此解时是可数集合名词,其单数形式用作主语时谓语动词可用单数形式也可用复数形式。

v. (动词)

• lobby的基本意思是“(游说议员)使议案得到通过等”,其后常接介词for, against或副词through等。
• lobby可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• Mary is in the lobby of Grand Hyatt Hotel.
  玛丽现在在凯悦饭店大厅。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• The ecologists lobbied powerfully on the anti-nuclear issue.
  生态学家们就反对使用核能问题展开了强有力的游说活动。

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• A group of people have been lobbying Members of Parliament to draw their attention to these problems.
  一群人一直在游说议员,以引起他们对这些问题的注意。

词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• strong lobby 强大的国会外活动团体

名词+～

• cotton lobby 棉花商国会外活动团体
• hotel lobby 饭店大堂；宾馆大厅
• union lobby 工会国会外活动团体

介词+～

• in the lobby 在门厅内
• to the lobby 到休息室

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• lobby a bill 使该法案得以通过

～+副词

• lobby actively 积极游说
• lobby powerfully 强有力地游说

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.
• 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.
• In a hotel or other large building, the lobby is the area near the entrance that usually has corridors and staircases leading off it.

专业释义

法学

• 游说

  The material processes of Microsoft are software price war and legislation lobbying outside the State Department.
  微软参与中国软件市场竞争的具体行为是软件价格战以及对立法的院外游说。

  经济学

• 游说