lobby

名词 lobby:

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 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。
2. 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
3. I waited for her in the lobby of theatre yesterday.
   昨天我在戏院的大厅等她。
4. The anti-nuclear lobby is becoming stronger.
   向议员游说的反核群众声势渐强。

lob.by

n.（名词）
【复数】 lob.bies
A hall, foyer, or waiting room at or near the entrance to a building, such as a hotel or theater.
门厅：靠接旅馆或剧院等建筑入口处的大厅、门厅或休息室
A public room next to the assembly chamber of a legislative body.
休息室：立法机构集会大厅边上的公共活动室
A group of persons engaged in trying to influence legislators or other public officials in favor of a specific cause:
游说团：为了某特定目标而努力影响立法者或其他官员的一群人：
例句：
the banking lobby; the labor lobby.
银行游说团；劳工游说团

v.（动词）
lob.bied,lob.by.ing,lob.bies
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To try to influence the thinking of legislators or other public officials for or against a specific cause:
游说：为了支持或抵制某项特定目标而努力影响立法者或其他官员的想法：
例句：
lobbying for stronger environmental safeguards; lobbied against the proliferation of nuclear arms.
为加强环境保护而游说；反对核武器扩散而游说

v.tr.（及物动词）
To try to influence public officials on behalf of or against (proposed legislation, for example):
游说：为支持或反对…（如立法提案）而试图影响官员：
例句：
lobbied the bill through Congress; lobbied the bill to a negative vote.
游说国会通过提案；游说否决提案

To try to influence (an official) to take a desired action.
陈情：试图努力影响（官员）采取有利行动

来源：
Medieval Latin lobia [monastic cloister]
中世纪拉丁语 lobia [修道院]
[of Germanic origin]
[源于日耳曼语]

【引伸】
lob.byer 或
lob.byist
n.（名词）
lob.byism
n.（名词）