pressure group

英 [ˈpreʃə ɡruːp]

美 [ˈpreʃər ɡruːp]

n.  压力集团(向政府和公众施加影响的团体)

法律

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牛津词典

noun

• 压力集团（向政府和公众施加影响的团体）
  a group of people who try to influence the government and ordinary people's opinions in order to achieve the action they want, for example a change in a law
  1. the environmental pressure group ‘Greenpeace’
     “绿色和平”这个环保压力集团

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （为说服政府或其他权力机关而组织的）压力集团
  Apressure groupis an organized group of people who are trying to persuade a government or other authority to do something, for example to change a law.
  1. ...the environmental pressure group Greenpeace.
     环保压力集团“绿色和平”组织

英英释义

noun

• a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
  Synonym:lobbythird house

双语例句

• A pressure group whose interests were quite distinct from those of the workers they employed.
  其利益与其雇员的利益截然不同的压力集团。
• WiredChild, a UK pressure group, said the implications for children – not included in the Interphone study – were serious.
  英国压力集团WiredChild则表示，手机对儿童的影响也很大，但没有包括在Interphone研究中。
• Mr Davies says working with companies leaves the pressure group more time to spend on issues such as privacy concerns in India and China.
  戴维斯表示，与公司合作让这家压力组织有更多时间，花在印度和中国的隐私权等问题上。
• They were up against a powerful pressure group.
  他们面临着一个强大的压力集团。
• The head of a political pressure group told VOA his group will take the lawmakers to court for the pay hike, and threatened mass action if the court refused to hear his case.
  一名政治压力组织的领导人对美国之音说，他的团队将把国会议员告上法庭，并威胁说，如果法庭拒绝审理此案，将采取大规模的行动。
• A rank-and-file pressure group; political candidates seeking rank-and-file support.
  由普通民众组成的抗议集体；争取民众支持的政治候选人。
• The pressure group Action on Smoking and Health claims that the exhaled vapor contains a "deadly" substance, nicotine.
  吸烟与健康活动压力组织断言，呼出的气体包含一种致死性的物质，尼古丁。
• As a special professional group, prison police is also a "pressure group".
  监狱民警作为一个特殊的职业群体，同样也是一个压力群体。
• The first between-subject factor included two levels, having time pressure group and no time pressure group.
  第一个因素是被试间变量，即不同情境，分为有时间压力组和无时间压力组。
• They tried to organize themselves into a really effective pressure group.
  他们试图组成一个真正有效的压力集团。