🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

游说团

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yóushuìtuán

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lobby/ˈlɒbi/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"环保游说团正在努力推动可持续政策。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A group of individuals or organizations that seek to influence political decisions and legislation.

    "The environmental lobby is working hard to promote sustainable policies."
  2. 2

    A room or area in a building, typically near the entrance, used for waiting or receiving guests.

    "We waited in the hotel lobby for our friends to arrive."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from medieval Latin 'lobia', meaning a covered gallery or portoke, which evolved in 16th-century English to describe an anteroom or hallway adjacent to a legislative chamber where members could meet the public. By the 19th century, the verb form emerged to describe the act of attempting to influence legislators or decision-makers within these spaces.

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