lobbied

英 [ˈlɒbid]

美 [ˈlɑːbid]

v.  游说(从政者或政府)
lobby的过去分词和过去式

过去式：lobbied　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 向（政府官员、委员会委员等）进行游说（或疏通）
  If youlobbysomeone such as a member of a government or council, you try to persuade them that a particular law should be changed or that a particular thing should be done.
  1. Carers from all over the UK lobbied Parliament last week to demand a better financial deal...
     英国各地的家庭看护人员上周向议会游说，要求改善经济待遇。
  2. Gun control advocates are lobbying hard for new laws...
     枪械管制支持者正努力游说通过新法。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
• N-COUNT 游说团体；活动集团
  Alobbyis a group of people who represent a particular organization or campaign, and try to persuade a government or council to help or support them.
  1. Agricultural interests are some of the most powerful lobbies in Washington...
     农业利益集团是华盛顿最具影响力的游说团体之一。
  2. He set up this lobby of independent producers.
     他组织了这个由独立生产商组成的游说团。
  3. ...the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, a housing lobby group.
     民权律师委员会，一个住房政策游说团体
• N-COUNT （旅馆等大型建筑的）门厅，大厅，大堂
  In a hotel or other large building, thelobbyis the area near the entrance that usually has corridors and staircases leading off it.
  1. I met her in the lobby of the museum.
     我在博物馆的前厅遇见了她。

双语例句

• They lobbied on the environmental protection issue.
  他们就环境保护问题在议员中进行了游说。
• Carers from all over the UK lobbied Parliament last week to demand a better financial deal
  英国各地的家庭看护人员上周向议会游说，要求改善经济待遇。
• In April this year, he personally lobbied German parliamentarians in Berlin to back the rescue plan for Greece.
  今年4月，特里谢亲临柏林，游说德国国会议员支持为希腊纾困的计划。
• In fact, registering shell companies has become profitable for states like Delaware and Nevada, which also have lobbied against transparency.
  实际上，对游说反对透明的特拉华和内华达等州来说，注册空壳公司已变得有利可图。
• Google rivals, including Microsoft Corp., and privacy advocates had lobbied against the deal.
  微软（microsoftcorp.）等谷歌的竞争对手及主张保护隐私权的人士纷纷反对该项交易。
• Local residents lobbied to have the factory shut down.
  当地居民游说议员将该工厂关闭。
• Liberated from death row, the banks have lobbied hard against burdensome regulatory changes.
  从死囚牢中释放出来的各银行已经展开了大力游说，反对会给自己带来负担的监管改革。
• Friends said the US ambassador to Pakistan, Anne Patterson, had lobbied for their release.
  友人透露美国大使安妮·帕特森曾为这些人的保释进行了游说。
• Restaurants lobbied successfully to be exempted from nutritional labeling.
  餐厅成功地游说政府，不用标示自己产品的营养成份资讯。
• President George W. Bush immediately signed the legislation, which he has lobbied for vigorously in recent days.
  布什总统（GeorgeW.Bush）立刻签署通过了这条法案，此前数日他为通过该法案大量游说。