音标:['lɒbi] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级;
n. 大厅, 休息室, 游说议员者
vi. 游说议员, 游说
vt. 游说
n. the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
n. a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
v. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
词型变化:名词复数形式 : lobbies ; 现在分词 : lobbying ; 过去分词 : lobbied ; 过去式 : lobbied ; 第三人称单数 : lobbies
考试类型:[六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
名词64%
动词36%

lobby的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. I waited for her in the lobby of theatre yesterday.昨天我在戏院的大厅等她。
  2. The film star held court in the hotel lobby.这位电影明星在旅馆的大厅里接见了影迷。
  3. The anti-nuclear lobby is becoming stronger.向议员游说的反核群众声势渐强。
用作动词(v.)
  1. The group tried to lobby the bill through.这个集团企图通过游说议员通过该项法案。
  2. Farmers will lobby Congress for higher subsidies.农民将游说国会提高对农业的补贴。
  3. We should do something to lobby for higher subsidies.我们应做点事情去为增加补助金而游说当权者。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. Mary is in the lobby of Grand Hyatt Hotel.玛丽现在在凯悦饭店大厅。
  2. 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。
  3. The clean-air lobby are〔is〕 against the plans for the new factory.空气清洁运动团体反对设立新工厂的计划。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. 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.
  1. 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。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
lobby against (v.+prep.)
    游说当权者不要通过(某项法案等);通过政治活动、写信等防止(某事) try to persuade people in power not to approve (sth such as a law)lobby against sth

    They are actively lobbying against the bill.

    他们正在积极游说议员,以阻止通过该项法案。

    The cotton farmers from the South lobbied against a law to allow importing cotton from Egypt.

    南方的棉农对议员进行游说,反对通过一项准许从埃及进口棉花的法律。

    Hunters and other sportsmen have been lobbying against intended changes in the gun laws.

    猎人及其他爱好运动的人已采取行动来打消政府修改枪械法的意图。

lobby for (v.+prep.)
    疏通,游说当权者批准(某处法案)或采取(某种活动);试图通过游说或疏通活动获得(某物) try to persuade people in power to approve (sth such as a law) or take (action); try to obtain (sth) by political action, writing letter, etc.lobby for sth

    They are actively lobbying for the bill.

    他们正在为使议案通过而积极游说议员。

    They are lobbying for a reduction in defence spending.

    他们正在为减少国防开支而游说议员。

    Concerned groups have recently been lobbying for increased government support for the arts.

    有关团体近来一直在游说政府,要求加强对文艺界的支持。

lobby through1 (v.+adv.)
    通过政治活动使(法案等)得以通过 reach or obtain (sth such as a law) by political actionlobby sth ⇔ through

    The group tried to lobby the bill through.

    这个集团企图施加影响使该项法案得以通过。

    In spite of opposition from the other parties, the changes in the law have been lobbied through.

    尽管其他党派表示反对,但该法律的修正案还是通过了。

lobby through2 (v.+prep.)
    通过政治活动使(法案等)得以通过 reach or obtain (sth such as a law) by political actionlobby sth through sth

    These businessmen have been lobbying a bill through the Senate.

    这些商人一直在游说议员通过该项议案。

词汇搭配

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旅馆的大厅
  • 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
  • lobby successfully成功地游说
  • lobby through使…得以通过
~+介词
  • lobby for为…游说

经典引文

  • In the lobby of the officers' club the wives were having a whist drive.

    出自:G. Markstein
  • I chanced to be in the lobby of the theatre between acts.

    出自:J. Thurber
  • Abroad, all Access/Visa can do is lobby their international organisations..for a ban.

    出自:Which?
  • Write to the papers, organize petitions, lobby relatives, complain to the Governor.

    出自:A. Brien
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