英语单词

lobby是什么意思

lobby

英 ['lɒbɪ] 美 ['lɑbi]
  • 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

助记提示


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

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。

英文词源


lobby
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.

双语例句


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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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