pressure group

名词 pressure group:

1. a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
   同义词：lobby, third house

1. The local council listened to objections by a pressure group who want the new by-pass to be built on the other side of the town, not along the route proposed by the planners.
   地方议会接受了压力集团提出的反对意见，他们想把那条新的旁路开在镇的那一头，而不是开在根据规划者提出的那条路线上。