lobby

1. V-T/V-I If you lobby someone 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. 游说

The Wilderness Society lobbied Congress to authorize the Endangered Species Act. 荒野协会游说国会批准《濒危物种法》。

2. N-COUNT A lobby is a group of people who represent a particular organization or campaign, and try to persuade a government or council to help or support them. 游说团体

Agricultural interests are some of the most powerful lobbies in Washington. 农业利益集团是华盛顿最有影响力的游说团体中的一部分。

3. N-COUNT In a hotel or other large building, the lobby is the area near the entrance that usually has corridors and staircases leading off it. 大厅

I met her in the lobby of the museum. 我在博物馆大厅遇到了她。