Environmental groups lobby lawmakers to enact stricter regulations on industrial emissions that harm air quality.
环保团体游说立法者，对损害空气质量的工业排放实施更严格的规定。
Public transit systems in several large American cities carry more passengers on a single weekday than the total attendance at every professional football game played nationwide that same week, a statistic often cited by transit advocates lobbying for expanded federal funding.
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Which choice best defines “lobby”?
C — Entrance hall; try to influence. “lobby” means entrance hall; try to influence.
Which word means “entrance hall; try to influence”?
A — lobby. “lobby” means entrance hall; try to influence.
lobby — entrance hall; try to influence. In Chinese: 大厅，游说.
lobby is pronounced /ˈlɑːbi/.
Environmental groups lobby lawmakers to enact stricter regulations on industrial emissions that harm air quality. (环保团体游说立法者，对损害空气质量的工业排放实施更严格的规定。)
foyer, vestibule, influence — all close in meaning to lobby (entrance hall; try to influence).
Yes. lobby is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
lobby(hall, lobby)