lobbying

Smith said his company spent more than a year lobbying for regional center status for Federal Way, the site of his project.

史密斯说他为了能让他的项目所在的地方具有“地区中心”的资质，他花了将近一年的时间去说服联邦政府。

Much of that money was spent through entrenched Washington lobbying firms like the Podesta Group and the Franklin Square Group.

大部分开支是通过华盛顿老牌游说公司——比如波德斯塔集团（PodestaGroup）与富兰克林广场集团（FranklinSquareGroup）——花费出去的。

By the time the WTO rules, the American firms lobbying for protection from Chinese imports will doubtless have enjoyed several years of it.

毫无疑问，在WTO做出裁决之前，那些寻求保护以避免中国进口产品影响的公司将享有几年的恩惠。

McCain and Barack Obama have sparred over ties to lobbying firms and financial institutions caught up in the Wall Street turmoil.

麦凯恩与奥巴马已经就各自与跟华尔街危机有瓜葛的游说公司和金融机构的关系进行了交锋。

And I thought, I'm buggered if I'm going to spend the rest of my life lobbying for these crumby governments to do what needs to be done.

我想到，如果我将我的余生用于游说于这些政府我会累死的。

And Wall Street banks are gearing up for a furious lobbying campaign, in an effort to water down some of the reform proposals.

华尔街银行正准备大举游说，以期减轻某些改革提议的推行力度。

It seems irrational to me, but he says it is all down to lobbying by the timber industry.

我觉得这么干是没有逻辑的，不过他说木材业已经开始在进行这方面的游说了。

Fears over employment are one thing; more serious perhaps are exporters' lobbying and the will to see a "stronger" China among the populace.

对就业的担忧是一方面，更重要的或许是出口企业的游说，以及民众希望看到中国“强大起来”的意愿。

The word "lobbying" as a name for these campaigns dates back at least to 18th-century Britain.

这些活动又称为“院外活动”，此一词至少可以追溯到18世纪的英国。

The deal was the result of a marathon weekend session of European leaders -- one that included lobbying calls from U.

周末，欧洲的领导人召开了马拉松式的会议，最终批准了这项计划。

It now has one of the largest media departments of any US company and spends millions on lobbying in Washington.

目前沃尔玛拥有全美公司最大的媒体部门之一，花费上百万美元在华盛顿展开游说。

"The lobbying community is not done . . . We will be fighting any attempt to weaken the bill, " he said.

“说客们不会就此干休…对于任何希望削弱该议案的企图，我们都会反抗。”他说。

By the 1930s it had fallen into disrepute, and an intense lobbying campaign demonized "reefer madness. " In 1937 the U. S.

然而到了1930年代，大麻就已经声名扫地，并有一批人大力活动游说，试图将吸食大麻的「疯狂行为」妖魔化。

White House aides said a pair of trips next week will be followed by a stream of public and private lobbying.

白宫幕僚称，下周奥巴马将展开两次行程，然后进行一系列公开和私下的游说。

American business, judged by attendance at the Indo-US Business Council at least, has also emerged as a lobbying force on India's behalf.

至少从加入印美商会（Indo-USBusinessCouncil）的企业数量来看，美国企业已开始成为一支代表印度利益的游说力量。

In 1992 the board, looking to forge a new image for the company, eased him out as chairman despite his lobbying to stay on a few more years.

虽然他向董事会游说，希望能在现职多待几年，但是一心想为公司塑造新形象的董事会，还是在1992年暗中把他排挤出去，不再担任董事长。

If created, such a body would most likely become a taxpayer-funded lobbying group for higher taxes around the world.

如果成立了这个组织，这个团体最有可能成为一个纳税人资助的反对全球高税收的游说组织。

On some estimates, Mr Thurber says, the total spent on lobbying in Washington is closer to $9 billion a year.

根据某些估计，硕博先生说，每年在华府的游说费用总计接近九十亿美金。

Despite short-sighted industry lobbying and occasional squeals of pain from voters, governments are beginning to favour cleaner cars.

虽然业内有短视者在游说，选民偶尔也会痛苦抱怨，政府政策还是开始向清洁轿车倾斜。

Its primary victims are minority property owners and the poor, who lack the lobbying power of a retail giant or pharmaceutical company.

它最初的牺牲品是少数派的财产所有者和穷人，与零售巨头或者制药公司相比，他们缺乏游说的能力。