lobbyist
英 ['lɒbɪɪst]
美 ['lɑbɪɪst]
語源
英語の語源
- lobbyist (n.)
- 1863, American English, from lobby (n.) in the political sense + -ist.
[A] strong lobbyist will permit himself to lose heavily at the poker-table, under the assumption that the great Congressman who wins the stake will look leniently upon the little appropriation he means to ask for. [George A. Townsend, "Events at the National Capital and the Campaign of 1876," Hartford, Conn., 1876]
例文
- 1. Her husband is a lobyist ,and familiar with almost every senator.
- 彼女の夫はロビイストで、上院議員のほとんどと知り合いだ。
- 2.In an hour long philippic,the legislator denounced the lobyist opposing his bill.
- 1時間の罵倒演説で、立法者は議案通過者が彼の議案に反対したことを猛烈に非難した。
- 3.Sometimes in America we call the lobyist public affairs,government relations or other names.
- 米国ではロビイストを公共事務、政府関係、または別の名前で呼ぶことがある。
- 4.Li:Could you define the two terms-public relations and lobyist respectively to our large number of readers?
- 李:私の雑誌の読者のために、公共関係とロビイストという2つの言葉をそれぞれ定義していただけませんか。
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