lobby的词源

英文词源

lobby: lobby: see lodge
lobby (n.): 1530s, "cloister, covered walk," from Medieval Latin laubia, lobia "covered walk in a monastery," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German louba "hall, roof;" see lodge (n.)). Meaning "large entrance hall in a public building" is from 1590s. Political sense of "those who seek to influence legislation" is attested by 1790s in American English, in reference to the custom of influence-seekers gathering in large entrance-halls outside legislative chambers.
lobby (v.): "seek to influence legislation," 1826, American English, from lobby (n.). Related: Lobbied; lobbying.

英语单词lobby的本意是指建筑物的大堂、门厅。在英美等国，很多政治说客喜欢守在国会大厦的门厅内，在议员进入国会开会之前或之后的短暂时间内，对议员展开游说活动。因此原本表示“门厅”lobby一词衍生出“政治游说”的含义。

lobby： ['lɒbɪ] n.门厅，大堂，休息室v.游说

lobbyist： ['lɒbɪɪst] n.说客

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来自拉丁语lobia,修道院的前厅，门廊，词源同leaf,lodge.后词义通用化，用来指大厅，前厅，以及政治术语游说。