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Lobby Lodge Influence American English 3765.Lobby 英 Lɒbɪ]美

正面 3765.lobby
英 ['lɒbɪ]美 ['lɑbi]

背面
释义:
n. 大厅;休息室;会客室;游说议员的团体vt. 对……进行游说vi. 游说议员
例句:
1. 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。

谐音“唠呗”——在门廊里唠嗑2. lodge => lobby.3. leaf => lobby, lodge.4. the underlying idea being of a sheltered place formed by or constructed from leafy branches.5. 谐音“楼边、楼壁”。6. Hobby Lobby 好必来 ; 趣味堂 ; 好必来公司
lobby 大厅,前厅,游说来自拉丁语lobia,修道院的前厅,门廊,词源同leaf,lodge.后词义通用化,用来指大厅,前厅,以及政治术语游说。
lobbylobby: see lodgelobby (n.)1530s, "cloister, covered walk," from Medieval Latin laubia, lobia "covered walk in a monastery," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German louba "hall, roof;" see lodge (n.)). Meaning "large entrance hall in a public building" is from 1590s. Political sense of "those who seek to influence legislation" is attested by 1790s in American English, in reference to the custom of influence-seekers gathering in large entrance-halls outside legislative chambers.lobby (v.)"seek to influence legislation," 1826, American English, from lobby (n.). Related: Lobbied; lobbying."

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