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

• Environmental pressure group Greenpeace heaped scorn on the report and accused Merkel of yielding to the powerful nuclear energy lobby, a charge echoed by an increasingly confident opposition.
  环境监督组织绿色和平组织藐视该报告并且指责默克尔屈服于强大的核能游说，由越来越有自信的反对派发出的指控。
• Cronyism and pressure groups dominate, rather than supply based on quality, service and price.
  任人唯亲和压力团体（pressuregroup）占据主导地位，而不是基于质量、服务和价格供应产品的做法。
• They were up against a powerful pressure group.
  他们面临着一个强大的压力集团。
• Sources close to the company said it had held talks with United Against Nuclear Iran, an American pressure group which had called on Huawei to pull out of Iran.
  接近该公司的消息人士称，华为与呼吁该公司撤出伊朗的美国压力团体联合反对核伊朗（UnitedAgainstNuclearIran）举行了商谈。
• 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。
• For example etc, a pressure group based in Toronto, is particularly concerned about corporate exploitation of what it calls "extreme genetic engineering".
  例如，总部设在多伦多的压力团体etc对其所称的企业利用“极端基因工程”尤其关注。
• The pressure group is pushing for a ban on GM foods.
  压力集团正强烈要求取缔转基因食品。
• 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。
• 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。
• Instead, couples should be striving to "enjoy a greener romance"-at least according to a pressure group in Wales.
  情侣们应尽量享受绿色浪漫&至少威尔士的一个压力集团这样认为。