n.[C]

1. （剧场，旅馆等的）大厅；门廊
   I met him in a hotel lobby last Monday.

   上星期一我在一家旅馆的休息厅见到他。

2. （英国下院的）会客室，休息室
3. （对议员施加压力的）院外游说团[G]

vt.

1. 对（议员等）进行游说（或疏通）[O2]
   We lobbied the members of parliament.

   我们对国会议员进行了游说。

2. 施加压力（或影响）使（议案等）得以通过[（+through）]
   lobby a bill through the Senate

   施加压力使法案得以通过参议院

vi.

1. 对议员游说；从事幕后活动[（+for/against）]
   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。

n.

1. a room out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building.
2. (in the UK) any of several large halls in the Houses of Parliament in which MPs may meet members of the public.
   ▸ (also division lobby) each of two corridors in the Houses of Parliament to which MPs retire to vote.
3. a group of people seeking to influence legislators on a particular issue.
   ▸an organized attempt by members of the public to influence legislators.

v.