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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Rather he should continue to act as a pressure group for the political parties to clean up their politics, which has been polluted through the use of black money and muscle power over the years.
  他更应该继续作为一个压力团体，敦促政党做到政治廉洁&多年来，因黑钱和权力的运用，政治已是肮脏不堪。
• 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。