)lobby
lobby
n.
大厅, 休息室, <美>游说议员者
vi.
游说议员, 经常出入休息室
vt.
对(议员)进行疏通
1. a large entrance or reception room or area
同义词：anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, 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
同义词：pressure group, third house
动词lobby:
1. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
同义词：buttonhole
1. The anti-nuclear lobby is becoming stronger.
向议员游说的反核群众声势渐强。
2. I waited for her in the lobby of theatre yesterday.
昨天我在戏院的大厅等她。
3. A lobby or an anteroom, as of a theater or hotel.
休息室，候客室如戏院或旅馆的休息室或接待室
4. The film star held court in the hotel lobby.
这位电影明星在旅馆的大厅里接见了影迷.
