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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The project has already been strongly criticised by associations like Privacy International, a pressure group which has launched legal action against the IT company.
  但这项功能已经遭到众多机构组织的强烈指责，如压力团体“隐私国际”就已经对谷歌公司提出诉讼。
• They have no pressure group working on their behalf.
  他们没有压力集团替他们进行游说。
• 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。
• Several other stadiums under construction are equally pointless, says the Danish pressure group play the game.
  丹麦压力团体playthegame表示，其他几座在建的体育场同样毫无意义。
• It will remain as a pressure group, but no longer has any pretension to be a political party.
  它仍然是一个压力集团，但不再自称是一个政党。
• Forcing states to accept the permits of the most permissive jurisdictions would be an assault on states'rights, says Mark Glaze of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a pressure group.
  一个来自压迫性团体&市长反对非法枪支的马克格里斯说，迫使州政府接受司法权里最底线的携枪许可证是对州政府权力的蔑视。
• They were up against a powerful pressure group.
  他们面临着一个强大的压力集团。