lobby
英 [ˈlɒb.i]
美 [ˈlɑː.bi]
- n. 大厅；休息室；会客室；游说议员的团体
- vt. 对……进行游说
- vi. 游说议员
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记忆方法
谐音“唠呗”——在门廊里唠嗑
2. lodge => lobby.
3. leaf => lobby, lodge.
4. the underlying idea being of a sheltered place formed by or constructed from leafy branches.
5. 谐音“楼边、楼壁”。
6. Hobby Lobby 好必来 ; 趣味堂 ; 好必来公司
2. lodge => lobby.
3. leaf => lobby, lodge.
4. the underlying idea being of a sheltered place formed by or constructed from leafy branches.
5. 谐音“楼边、楼壁”。
6. Hobby Lobby 好必来 ; 趣味堂 ; 好必来公司
中文词源
lobby 大厅，前厅，游说
来自拉丁语lobia,修道院的前厅，门廊，词源同leaf,lodge.后词义通用化，用来指大厅，前厅，以及政治术语游说。
英语词源
- lobby
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lobby: see lodge
- lobby (n.)
- 1530s, "cloister, covered walk," from Medieval Latin laubia, lobia "covered walk in a monastery," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German louba "hall, roof;" see lodge (n.)). Meaning "large entrance hall in a public building" is from 1590s. Political sense of "those who seek to influence legislation" is attested by 1790s in American English, in reference to the custom of influence-seekers gathering in large entrance-halls outside legislative chambers.
- lobby (v.)
- "seek to influence legislation," 1826, American English, from lobby (n.). Related: Lobbied; lobbying.
权威例句
- 1. 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。
- 2. 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。
- 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. 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。
- 5. 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。
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