lobby
US:/ˈlɑbi/
UK:/ˈlɒbi/
n.:
门厅；休息室；接待室；(表决时分别投票的)投票厅
v.:
〔美国〕(在会议室中)运动议员；运动通过议案；暗中运动；游说
网络:
大厅；大堂；酒店大堂
Word forms: (复数) lobbies (过去分词) lobbied (现在分词) lobbying
Examples
1.
Think of the White House press corps, the British "lobby" press that covers parliament or sports journalists assigned to a team.
想一下驻扎在白宫的媒体团队、英国负责报道议会新闻的“游说”媒体或是指派到某个球队的体育记者吧。
2.
As I stepped into the bathroom you could hear machine gun fire start up in the lobby and everybody in there just froze.
我刚进入洗手间，就听到大堂里响起机枪扫射的声音，洗手间里的人全都呆住了。
3.
Also, as you can see the scene is quite simple. . . just a small lobby (mostly modeled with boxes).
此外，你可以看到的一幕很简单，只是一个小门厅（大部分是一个盒子模型）。
4.
Expectant mothers, ' he said. Moments later, a well-to-do young woman pushing a kid in a stroller stepped into the lobby.
不一会儿，一位年轻贵妇推着一个婴儿车走进了大厅。
5.
With a lobby designed so guests can socialize with new friends or old, at Sheraton, you know you belong.
大堂特为宾客与新知故交谈天说地而专设。身在喜来登，您心属此。
6.
The Hotel Il San Pietro is built into the side of a seaside cliff, and the lobby lift takes guests directly to a private beach.
圣彼得罗酒店（HotelIlSanPietro）建造在海边岩壁上，大堂电梯可以将客人直接送往私人海滩。
7.
Someone may even get around to posting his picture in the CFTC's lobby, still adorned with that of his Republican predecessor.
甚至有人也许已经在考虑在CFTC的大厅里挂上他的肖像，要知道，那里原本是用他的共和党前任装饰的。
8.
Lord Patten, now chancellor of Oxford University, said he would not lobby for the post but would be "very positive" if asked.
现任牛津大学（OxfordUniversity）名誉校长的彭定康勋爵表示，他不会为这一职位展开游说，但如果受到邀请，将会是件“非常好的事”。
9.
Washington is still trying to steer a careful line between populist politicians who can sense public anger and the powerful financial lobby.
美国政府仍试图在可以感觉到公众愤怒的民粹主义政客和强有力的金融行业游说势力中间小心把握方向。
10.
"I liked it a lot, but not at $145, " she said inside the lobby at the NFL's headquarters hotel.
在美国国家足球联盟总部的酒店大厅里，她告诉我们：“我非常喜欢这件夹克，但145美元一件太贵了。”