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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were up against a powerful pressure group.
  他们面临着一个强大的压力集团。
• 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。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, the UK pressure group 38 degrees, which monitors the working habits of British MPs, has launched a "wish you were here" campaign, urging followers to take photographs of MPS they spot on holiday.
  与此同时，英国监测议员工作习惯的院外活动集团38degrees发起了一项“希望你在这里”（wishyouwerehere）的行动，敦促追随者拍下在度假场所遭遇的议员照片。
• 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。
• 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。
• They have no pressure group working on their behalf.
  他们没有压力集团替他们进行游说。