The Wilderness Society lobbied Congress to authorize the Endangered Species Act.
荒野协会游说国会批准《濒危物种法》。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》They lobbied the government on his behalf and he was granted a presidential pardon.
他们为他游说政府,他因之得到了总统特赦。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》Some UK cities have lobbied without success for the power to levy a charge on visitors.
一些英国城市为此进行了游说,但并没有成功获得向游客收费的权力。
Fearing competition from stores that rent video games for home use, owners of stores that sell video games lobbied for protective legislation.
由于担心来自出租电子游戏机供家庭使用的商店的竞争,销售电子游戏机的商店老板游说以寻求保护性立法。
ONCE they lobbied hard to join NATO.
曾经一度,他们辛苦游说要加入北约。
They lobbied successfully for a ban on short-selling.
他们就一条卖空禁令游说获得成功。
The attacks lobbied against a Beautiful Mind were plentiful.
针对《美丽心灵》的游说攻击非常多。
He had also lobbied the Senate to ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention.
他还游说参议院批准《禁止化学武器公约》。
And Tongsun Park, a South Korean who lobbied for Iraq, is serving five years.
为伊拉克游说的韩国人朴东善(Tongsun Park)也正服刑5年。
Spain and the Netherlands lobbied furiously for the spare one, and Spain won.
西班牙和荷兰对这多出来的一个席位进行了激烈的争夺,最终以西班牙获胜告终。
He will be an obedient puppet in the hands of people who lobbied for this decision.
他会是那些游说家手中一个听话的傀儡。
The chief has lobbied for greater offerings and adherence to traditional customs.
部落首领到处劝说人们献出更多的祭品,并且遵守传统风俗。
Together we lobbied Albany - wrote letters, made phone calls, learned how a bill is passed.
我们一起游说albany——写信、打电话、了解如何才能通过一项议案。
Google rivals, including Microsoft Corp., and privacy advocates had lobbied against the deal.
微软(Microsoft Corp .)等谷歌的竞争对手及主张保护隐私权的人士纷纷反对该项交易。
They have lobbied too, to be allowed to cheat their customers, by changing the rules on provenance.
超市还通过游说改变了对商品出处的规定,这样超市就可以公然欺骗顾客。
The disability community had lobbied hard for it, and most of the Roosevelt family had supported it.
残障团体极力劝说要建立这个雕像,罗斯福的大部分亲属也表示支持。
Banks had lobbied against the Durbin amendment, while retailers touted the changes as being pro-consumer.
银行已经游说反对德宾修正案,但零售商却认为该修正案是亲消费者利益。
Politicians have been lobbied and invited to receptions urging them to legislate against a global killer.
政界人士被游说,被邀请参加一些招待会,用以说服他们制定预防全球杀手(宫颈癌)的法律。
He has also lobbied hard, and successfully, to get extra money and housing to relieve some of the pressure.
同时他四处游说,并成功获批了一笔额外的资金和住房来缓解压力。
Microsoft, which has already lobbied against the Oracle-Sun deal, will certainly try to stop this one, too.
已经游说反对Oracle - Sun交易的微软,毫无疑问也将试图阻止这桩交易。
It was the organisation's first summit in 11 years, and the Kazakhs had lobbied intensively to make it happen.
这是该组织11年来的第一次峰会,哈萨克斯坦为了为了召开该峰会四处斡旋,花费了不少努力。
"We were not happy that we were lobbied very strongly to change our AD - it was not appropriate," Bernardi says.
我们并不高兴对于我们由于强大的游说而改变我们的广告,这并不合适。
Eventually, in August 1997, after relatives had lobbied for years for the truth to be told, a Joint House Inquiry began.
1997年8月,在船员亲属多年来要求告知真相的呼声下,终于诞生了联合调查机构。
Turkey, heavily lobbied by Japan, is in talks to conclude a nuclear-power contract that had been expected to go to South Korea.
被日本游说的土耳其,在协商签订曾预期转向韩国的核能契约。