名詞 lobby:

1. a large entrance or reception room or area
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：pressure group, third house

動(dòng)詞 lobby:

1. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
   同義詞：buttonhole

1. The film star held court in the hotel lobby.
   這位電影明星在旅館的大廳里接見(jiàn)了影迷。
2. A lobby or an anteroom, as of a theater or hotel.
   休息室，候客室如戲院或旅館的休息室或接待室
3. I waited for her in the lobby of theatre yesterday.
   昨天我在戲院的大廳等她。
4. The anti-nuclear lobby is becoming stronger.
   向議員游說(shuō)的反核群眾聲勢(shì)漸強(qiáng)。

lob.by

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 lob.bies
A hall, foyer, or waiting room at or near the entrance to a building, such as a hotel or theater.
門(mén)廳：靠接旅館或劇院等建筑入口處的大廳、門(mén)廳或休息室
A public room next to the assembly chamber of a legislative body.
休息室：立法機(jī)構(gòu)集會(huì)大廳邊上的公共活動(dòng)室
A group of persons engaged in trying to influence legislators or other public officials in favor of a specific cause:
游說(shuō)團(tuán)：為了某特定目標(biāo)而努力影響立法者或其他官員的一群人：
例句：
the banking lobby; the labor lobby.
銀行游說(shuō)團(tuán)；勞工游說(shuō)團(tuán)

v.（動(dòng)詞）
lob.bied,lob.by.ing,lob.bies
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To try to influence the thinking of legislators or other public officials for or against a specific cause:
游說(shuō)：為了支持或抵制某項(xiàng)特定目標(biāo)而努力影響立法者或其他官員的想法：
例句：
lobbying for stronger environmental safeguards; lobbied against the proliferation of nuclear arms.
為加強(qiáng)環(huán)境保護(hù)而游說(shuō)；反對(duì)核武器擴(kuò)散而游說(shuō)

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To try to influence public officials on behalf of or against (proposed legislation, for example):
游說(shuō)：為支持或反對(duì)…（如立法提案）而試圖影響官員：
例句：
lobbied the bill through Congress; lobbied the bill to a negative vote.
游說(shuō)國(guó)會(huì)通過(guò)提案；游說(shuō)否決提案

To try to influence (an official) to take a desired action.
陳情：試圖努力影響（官員）采取有利行動(dòng)

來(lái)源：
Medieval Latin lobia [monastic cloister]
中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) lobia [修道院]
[of Germanic origin]
[源于日耳曼語(yǔ)]

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