| 单词 | lobby |
| 释义 | lobby n. & v. --n (pl. -ies) 1. a porch, ante-room, entrance-hall, or corridor. 2. a (in the House of Commons) a large hall used esp. for interviews between MPs and members of the public. b (also division lobby) each of two corridors to which MPs retire to vote. 3. a a body of persons seeking to influence legislators on behalf of a particular interest (the anti-abortion lobby). b an organized attempt by members of the public to influence legislators (a lobby of MPs). 4. (prec. by the) (in the UK) a group of journalists who receive unattributable briefings from the government (lobby correspondent). --v (-ies, -ied) 1. tr. solicit the support of (an influential person). 2. tr. (of members of the public) seek to influence (the members of a legislature). 3. intr. frequent a parliamentary lobby. 4. tr. (foll. by through) get (a bill etc.) through a legislature, by interviews etc. in the lobby. Derivatives lobbyer n. lobbyism n. lobbyist n. Etymology: med.L lobia, lobium LODGE |
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