1 VERB 向（政府官员、委员会委员等）进行游说（或疏通） 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. 向（政府官员、委员会委员等）进行游说（或疏通） [Also V + against]
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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。
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Gun control advocates are lobbying hard for new laws. [VERB + for]
枪械管制支持者正努力游说通过新法。
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The union has attacked the plan and threatened to lobby against it. [V for/against n]
工会不但攻击该计划，而且还扬言要游说议员反对它。
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It must be terribly frustrating to lobby and get absolutely nowhere. [VERB]
游说未取得一点结果，一定让人非常沮丧。
SYN campaign, press, pressure, push
2 N-COUNT 游说团体；活动集团 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. 游说团体；活动集团
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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。
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He set up this lobby of independent producers. [+ of]
他组织了这个由独立生产商组成的游说团。
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...the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, a housing lobby group.
民权律师委员会，一个住房政策游说团体
SYN pressure group, group, camp, faction
3 N-COUNT （旅馆等大型建筑的）门厅，大厅，大堂 In a hotel or other large building, the lobby is the area near the entrance that usually has corridors and staircases leading off it. （旅馆等大型建筑的）门厅，大厅，大堂
SYN corridor, hall, passage, entrance
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