lobbied
past simple and past participle oflobby
| 单词 | lobbied |
| 释义 | lobbied past simple and past participle oflobby lobby verb[IorT] uk/ˈlɒb.i/us/ˈlɑː.bi/C2 totrytopersuadeapolitician, thegovernment, or anofficialgroupthat aparticularthing should or should nothappen, or that alawshould bechanged: Smallbusinesseshave lobbied hardfor/againstchangesin thetaxlaws. [+ to infinitive]Localresidentslobbiedtohave thefactoryshutdown. [+ obj + to infinitive]They have been lobbyingCongresstochangethelegislationconcerningguns.
Urging & persuading
Examplesoflobbiedlobbied In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. After they obtained support for the survey, theylobbiedto make it an ongoing activity rather than a one time study. From theCambridge English Corpus Both the hard-line authoritarian faction and pro-business affairistslobbiedfor different reasons to close down the journal. From theCambridge English Corpus Theylobbiedpolicymakers vociferously, and their local groups held frequent meetings and a few demonstrations. From theCambridge English Corpus Within their own body they passed a number of resolutions on women's issues, on the basis of which they thenlobbiedindividual delegates. From theCambridge English Corpus Fourth-class postmasters and star-route contractorslobbiedheavily against rural delivery. From theCambridge English Corpus There, he once againlobbiedfor the secularization of hospitals. From theCambridge English Corpus Business and vocational associationslobbiedvia personal contacts and public relations; the conventional assessment was that their influence was growing. From theCambridge English Corpus Torrents of constituent mail flowed into their offices, and businesses, nonprofits, and civic organizationslobbiedfor passage of the crime bill. From theCambridge English Corpus Interests, including consumer advocates and environmentalists,lobbiedfor the bill. From theCambridge English Corpus In the end, interest groups successfullylobbiedparliament which significantly altered the proposed legislation. From theCambridge English Corpus We used this variable to capture the possibility that back-benchers could have successfullylobbiedif their party was in power. From theCambridge English Corpus First theylobbiedthe government on both the state and federal levels when they felt their interests threatened. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, theylobbiedfor tighter regulations to protect men from industrial injury. From theCambridge English Corpus Newspaper coverage also discusses which interestslobbiedfor, or were likely to benefit (or suffer) from, possible constitutional provisions. From theCambridge English Corpus Itlobbiedand it agitated. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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