lobbying
ロビー活動
解説 Definition
lobbying は lobby（働きかける、陳情する）からできた動名詞で、政策や決定に影響を与えるためのロビー活動という意味です。政府や議員、組織に対して意見や要望を伝える活動を指します。
Lobbying is the organized activity of trying to influence government officials, legislators, or other decision-makers on a policy or decision. It may involve presenting arguments, supplying information, meeting officials, or campaigning for or against a proposal.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
lobbying は動詞 lobby に -ing を付けた形で、語末の y はそのままです。名詞では「政策決定者への働きかけ」を表し、lobbying for cleaner water、spend money on lobbying が典型です。単なる宣伝ではなく、政府・議員・組織の決定に影響を与える目的の活動と覚えましょう。
Connect lobbying with the verb lobby and the noun lobbyist. Add -ing directly to lobby; the final y does not change. The memory scene is a representative approaching decision-makers to argue for a particular policy, recalling the corridors or reception areas where such approaches historically occurred. Learn it through patterns such as lobbying for cleaner water, lobbying against a bill, and spend money on lobbying. Unlike general advertising, lobbying is aimed specifically at people or institutions with the authority to shape laws, policies, or official decisions.
例文
The group began lobbying for cleaner water.
その団体はよりきれいな水を求めてロビー活動を始めました。
Lobbying can influence decisions in government.
ロビー活動は政府の決定に影響を与えることがあります。
Several companies spent money on lobbying last year.
昨年、いくつかの会社がロビー活動に資金を使いました。
lobbying の類義語・関連語
lobbying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中世ラテン語 lobia（回廊・控え室）からlobby（議会の控え間）が生まれ、そこで議員に働きかける行為が lobbying に。ゲルマン語の「葉で覆った東屋」が原義。関連語: lobby（ロビー）、lobbyist（ロビイスト）。建築用語が政治用語に転じた好例。
Lobbying is the verbal noun formed by adding -ing to lobby. Lobby originally meant a corridor, hall, or waiting area and entered English through Medieval Latin lobia or related Germanic forms referring to a covered walk or shelter. Because people could meet legislators in the lobbies of parliamentary buildings, lobby developed the verb sense “seek to influence a legislator,” from which the modern political noun lobbying arose.
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