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

• Government agencies and nongovernmental organizations lobbied for changes in the law.
  政府机构和非政府组织为修改法律进行了游说。
• Ping An, a local insurance company, had also lobbied to gain control.
  中国本土保险公司平安保险（pingan）也曾多方游说，希望获得控股权。
• A number of non-regional countries were invited to be founder members, an offer rejected by the US, which then lobbied allies, including Australia, South Korea, the UK and other European states, not to join.
  一些非亚洲国家也被邀请成为创始成员国。美国拒绝了这一邀请，而后还游说其盟友（包括澳大利亚、韩国、英国和其他欧洲国家）不要加入亚投行。
• Rival drinks-makers lobbied the government, saying they would lose market share to a juiced-up Coke.
  与之竞争的饮料制造商则游说政府，称吞并了果汁业务的可口可乐会夺走他们的市场份额。
• Beijing promptly lobbied for it to win an Oscar.
  北京立即游说让该片竞逐奥斯卡奖。
• We lobbied the members of parliament.
  我们对国会议员进行了游说。
• Detroit, which traditionally lobbied against fuel taxes, is suddenly in no position to argue.
  而且通常会游说反对燃油税的底特律突然彻底失去了谈判的资本。
• 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。
• He had lobbied the Treasury to provide more resources, but they had refused.
  他曾游说财政部增加经费，但他们拒绝了。
• The leaders of France, Spain and Italy have by contrast lobbied hard in favour.
  与之形成反差的是，法国、西班牙以及意大利的领导人为使该计划获得支持进行了大力游说。