单词 | pressure group |
释义 | pressure groupSEE SYNONYMS FOR pressure group ON THESAURUS.COM nounan interest group that attempts to influence legislation through the use of lobbying techniques and propaganda. Origin of pressure groupFirst recorded in 1925–30 Words nearby pressure grouppressure dressing, pressure epiphysis, pressure flaking, pressure gauge, pressure gradient, pressure group, pressure head, pressure hull, pressure ice, pressure paralysis, pressure point Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for pressure grouppressure group nouna group of people who seek to exert pressure on legislators, public opinion, etc, in order to promote their own ideas or welfare Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for pressure grouppressure group An organized group that tries to influence the government to adopt certain policies or measures. Also called an interest group. (See lobby.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。