| 词汇 | lobbyist |
| 释义 | lobbyist noun[ C ] politicsuk /ˈlɒb.i.ɪst/ us /ˈlɑː.bi.ɪst/ someone who tries to persuade a politician or official group to do something: 说客，游说者 Lobbyists for the tobacco industry have expressed concerns about the restriction of smoking in public places.烟草业的游说者们对在公共场所限制吸烟表示关切。 Activism & pressure groups active citizen active citizenship active resistance activism activist circulator citizen advocacy clicktivism clicktivist counter-demonstrate identity politics insurgency insurrection interest group lock on special interest group stage a demonstration super-lobbyist super-militant take a kneeidiom lobbyist | Business Englishlobbyist noun[ C ] GOVERNMENTuk /ˈlɒbiɪst/ us /ˈlɑːbi-/ someone who lobbies people in positions of authority: a lobbyist for sthRutherford went to work as a consultant and lobbyist for the oil business. the chief lobbyist for Harvard University a company/industry/union lobbyistHe is an industry lobbyist and former congressman. Examples of lobbyistlobbyist On financial services, the policy initiative was in the hands of the corporate lobbyists who pushed for a project which was eventually implemented. In fact, people (politicians, citizens, lobbyists, not merely academics) do disagree as to what rights political participation involves. On that particular occasion the room was filled with lobbyists. They can offer access or ignore lobbyists in the consultation process and ultimately create legislation that benefits firms or inflicts costs on them. As a memoir of social activism, the book is an excellent lobbyist handbook and a good encyclopaedia of public diplomacy. At one level the development of cause-of-death registration illustrates the effectiveness of lobbyist activity, particularly on the part of the emergent medical profession. Understanding where the preponderance of government support lies may be very important in understanding when lobbyists succeed and when they fail. There are many lobbyists, each interested in only a small subset of policy dimensions. First, organized groups of legal professionals and retail creditors replaced the wholesalers and manufacturers as the primary lobbyists for bankruptcy legislation. The most pressing research questions on the power of business lobbyists relate to the effects of institutional frameworks for the distribution of political resources. A second section presents the three case studies that illustrate business-government relations where lobbyists are either powerful, weak or on equal footing with government representatives. This is not to argue that large firms have become professional lobbyists who receive financial payment for their services. Since campaign spending is a signal of candidate quality, 'good' candidates must sell out to lobbyists to convey this fact to voters. Institutional, issue-specific and interest group factors combine to determine whether a lobbyist is successful or not. Substantial pressure from important lobbyist groups, including medical practitioners and professional statisticians, could not alter this situation. 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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