lobbyist

名词 n.
/ˈlɒ.bi.ɪst/    /ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.
    — Banning President Trump from Twitter didn't just cut his personal communications channel but curbed a cottage industry of lobbyists and consultants who monetized their ability to get clients into his Twitterverse. […] One lobbyist told Axios his firm paid another consulting shop to generate earned media for clients, including tweets from prominent MAGA personalities such as Charlie Kirk, the founder of the pro-Trump student group Turning Point USA.

词形变化

lobbyists plural

词源

Etymology tree
English lobby
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English lobbyist
From lobby + -ist.
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