lobby

noun

1. （公共建筑物进口处的）门厅，前厅，大厅
   a large area inside the entrance of a public building where people can meet and wait
   1. a hotel lobby
      旅馆大厅
2. （英国议会的）民众接待厅
   (in the British Parliament) a large hall that is open to the public and used for people to meet and talk to Members of Parliament
3. （就某问题企图影响从政者的）游说团体
   a group of people who try to influence politicians on a particular issue
   1. The gun lobby is/are against any change in the law.
      赞同拥有枪支的团体反对作任何法律上的修改。
4. （就某问题企图影响从政者的）游说
   an organized attempt by a group of people to influence politicians on a particular issue
   1. a recent lobby of Parliament by pensioners
      领养老金者近来在议会的游说

verb

1. 游说（从政者或政府）
   to try to influence a politician or the government and, for example, persuade them to support or oppose a change in the law
   1. Farmers will lobby Congress for higher subsidies.
      农民将游说国会提高对农业的补贴。
   2. Women's groups are lobbying to get more public money for children.
      妇女组织在对政府进行游说，要求增加对儿童的拨款。

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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. The union has attacked the plan and threatened to lobby against it...
      工会不但攻击该计划，而且还扬言要游说议员反对它。
   4. It must be terribly frustrating to lobby and get absolutely nowhere.
      游说未取得一点结果，一定让人非常沮丧。
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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. ...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
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.
   1. I met her in the lobby of the museum.
      我在博物馆的前厅遇见了她。

1. Council tenants around the country are planning a mass lobby of Parliament.
   全国各地的市政住房租户正在计划组建一个大的议会游说团。
2. The vote is seen as a defeat for the anti-abortion lobby
   这一投票结果被看作是反堕胎游说团体的一次失败。
3. 3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money
   3,000名市政官员齐聚国会山，为筹集更多的款项进行游说。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. The union has attacked the plan and threatened to lobby against it
   工会不但攻击该计划，而且还扬言要游说议员反对它。
7. It must be terribly frustrating to lobby and get absolutely nowhere.
   游说未取得一点结果，一定让人非常沮丧。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. I met her in the lobby of the museum.
    我在博物馆的前厅遇见了她。
11. He has to satisfy the environmental lobby that real progress will be made to cut emissions
    他必须令环境游说团体相信在减排方面将取得实质性进展。
12. The company hired the President's special trade representative to lobby Mr. Pierce.
    公司雇用了总统的特别商业顾问去游说皮尔斯先生。
13. The delegates entered the assembly hall by way of the lobby.
    代表们通过大厅进入会场。
14. The lobby is trying to hamper the policy of the U.S. government.
    院外集团企图牵制美国政府的政策。
15. Most of the others were already there, talking excitedly in the lobby.
    别的人大半已经到了，正在大厅里很愤慨地谈话。
16. The bustle in the vestibule, as she passed along an inner lobby, assured her that they were already in the house.
    她走过一条内门廊时，听到门厅里有喧噪声，于是她断定他们已经进入住宅。
17. She introduced me into the lobby.
    她把我引进休息室。
18. An agricultural lobby is against a law to allow importing cotton from egypt.
    农业界院外集团，反对透过一项允许从埃及进口棉花的法律。
19. Mary is in the lobby of Grand Hyatt hotel.
    玛丽现在在凯悦饭店大厅。
20. He said he can meet you here in the lobby.
    他说他可以在酒店大堂与你们会面。
21. We'll meet you in the lobby.
    我们在大厅里和你碰头。
22. The building's lobby and lounge overlook the golf course's island green and surrounding lake.
    建筑的大厅和休闲室处可以俯瞰高尔夫球场的岛状绿地和环绕的湖泊。
23. Food and Beverage outlets include a Chinese restaurant, coffee shop, lobby lounge and Euro-bar.
    餐饮设施包括中餐厅、啡厅和大堂酒廊和欧式酒吧。
24. Some of the activity in and around the lobby had quieted down.
    门厅里和门厅周围的一些活动已经静了下来了。
25. Refreshments are being sold in the lobby.
    大厅售食物和饮料。
26. They passed the lobby, and went to the ticket box.
    他们穿过大厅，到了入场处了。
27. What's so special about the lobby? Stay here with me.
    大厅有什么特别的？和我待在这里。
28. I met him in a hotel lobby last monday.
    上星期一我在一家旅馆的休息厅见到他。
29. Food Service: The hotel have Chinese and Western restaurants, banquet hall and lobby bar.
    酒店设有中西餐厅，宴会厅和大堂酒吧。
30. There's a restaurant in the lobby.
    门厅里有一个餐厅。

noun

1. a large entrance or reception room or area

   Synonym:    anteroomantechamberentrance hallhallfoyervestibule

2. a group of people who try actively to influence legislation

   Synonym:    pressure groupthird house

3. the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest

verb

1. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of

   Synonym:    buttonhole