lobby 音标拼音: [l'ɑbi]
n . 大厅,休息室,游说议员者
vi . 游说议员,经常出入休息室
vt . 游说
大厅,休息室,游说议员者游说议员,经常出入休息室游说
lobby n 1 :
a large entrance or reception room or area [
synonym :
{
anteroom }, {
antechamber }, {
entrance hall }, {
hall },
{
foyer }, {
lobby }, {
vestibule }]
2 :
the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest 3 :
a group of people who try actively to influence legislation [
synonym : {
lobby }, {
pressure group }, {
third house }]
v 1 :
detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of ;
as for political or economic favors [
synonym : {
lobby }, {
buttonhole }]
Lobby \
Lob "
by \,
n .;
pl . {
Lobbies }. [
LL .
lobium ,
lobia ,
laubia ,
a covered portico fit for walking ,
fr .
OHG .
louba ,
G .
laube ,
arbor .
See {
Lodge }.]
1 . (
Arch .)
A passage or hall of communication ,
especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room .
It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms ,
an antechamber to one only ;
but this distinction is not carefully preserved .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly ;
hence ,
the persons ,
collectively ,
who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators ;
hence :
any persons ,
not members of a legislative body ,
who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency ;
a group of lobbyists for a particular cause ;
as ,
the drug industry lobby . [
U .
S .]
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1913 Webster PJC ]
3 . (
Naut .)
An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old -
fashioned cabin under the quarter -
deck .
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4 . (
Agric .)
A confined place for cattle ,
formed by hedges .
trees ,
or other fencing ,
near the farmyard .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Lobby member },
a lobbyist . [
Humorous cant ,
U .
S .]
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Lobby \
Lob "
by \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Lobbied };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Lobbying }.]
To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere ,
with the purpose to influence their votes ;
in an extended sense ,
to try to influence decision -
makers in any circumstance . [
U .
S .] --
Bartlett .
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1913 Webster ]
Lobby \
Lob "
by \,
v .
t .
To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body ;
as ,
to lobby a bill ; --
also used with the legislators as object ;
as ,
to lobby the state legislatuire for protection . [
U .
S .]
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1913 Webster ]
120 Moby Thesaurus words for "
lobby ":
Rasputin ,
Svengali ,
VIP ,
access ,
act on ,
advocate ,
approach ,
bad influence ,
bear upon ,
big wheel ,
blandish ,
cajole ,
call on ,
call upon ,
coax ,
constitute ,
corridor ,
court ,
decree ,
draw ,
draw on ,
eminence grise ,
enact ,
enact laws ,
entrance ,
entrance hall ,
entranceway ,
entry ,
entryway ,
exert influence ,
exhort ,
filibuster ,
five -
percenter ,
foyer ,
friend at court ,
galilee ,
get cozy with ,
get the floor ,
good influence ,
gray eminence ,
hall ,
hallway ,
have the floor ,
heavyweight ,
hidden hand ,
high -
pressure ,
importune ,
influence ,
influence peddler ,
influencer ,
ingroup ,
insist ,
insist upon ,
jawbone ,
key ,
kill ,
kingmaker ,
lead on ,
legislate ,
legislative lobby ,
lobby through ,
lobbyer ,
lobbyist ,
logroll ,
lords of creation ,
magnetize ,
make advances ,
make overtures ,
make up to ,
man of influence ,
manipulator ,
nag ,
narthex ,
open sesame ,
ordain ,
parliamentary agent ,
pass ,
persuade ,
pigeonhole ,
plead with ,
pocket ,
portal ,
portico ,
powers that be ,
press ,
pressure ,
pressure group ,
promote ,
propylaeum ,
pull strings ,
push ,
put in force ,
put through ,
railroad through ,
reception room ,
recommend ,
registered lobbyist ,
roll logs ,
sinister influence ,
soft -
soap ,
special interests ,
special -
interest group ,
special -
interest lobby ,
stoa ,
sway ,
sweet -
talk ,
table ,
take the floor ,
the Establishment ,
threshold ,
urge ,
very important person ,
vestibule ,
veto ,
wheedle ,
wheeler -
dealer ,
wire -
pull ,
wire -
puller ,
work on ,
yield the floor
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