Lobby

(noun.) a group of people who try actively to influence legislation.

(noun.) the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest.

(verb.) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors.

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• Last night, in Drury Lane lobby, I ran against Sir John Middleton, and when he saw who I wasfor the first time these two monthshe spoke to me. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• The turnkeys in the prison lobby took off their hats as it passed through, and in another moment the heavy gate closed behind it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Tantripp had brought a card, and said that there was a gentleman waiting in the lobby. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The bustle in the vestibule, as she passed along an inner lobby, assured her that they were already in the house. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Give me your arm, Captain George; and so saying, and with a nod to the General, she tripped into the lobby. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• George parted from them and strutted down the lobby to the General's box, the number of which he had carefully counted. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He met Crawley in the lobby, however, where they exchanged a few sentences upon the occurrences of the last fortnight. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Veneering pervades the legislative lobbies, intent upon entrapping his fellow-legislators to dinner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The performance over, the young fellows lounged about the lobbies, and we saw the society take its departure. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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