special-interest group

/spesh-uhl -in-ter-ist, in-trist/US // ˈspɛʃ əl ˈɪn tər ɪst, ˈɪn trɪst //

特殊利益集团,特殊利益群体,特别利益集团,特殊利益团体

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : Also called special interest . a body of persons, corporation, or industry that seeks or receives benefits or privileged treatment, especially through legislation.
- : Digital Technology. a subgroup within a user group where members share information or research in specialized fields. Abbreviation: SIG

noungroup pursuing an interest or issue

Synonyms

Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.
Asian-Americans are a group of persuadable swing voters, growing faster than any other group in America today.
But in the case of black women, another study found no lack of interest.
But if you have a hearing and you prove that someone is mature enough, well then that state interest evaporates.
Latinos, the fastest growing minority group in America, are even more underrepresented in Congress.
In the parish churches, many of which are of great interest, the predominant styles are Decorated and Perpendicular.
And with some expressions of mutual good-will and interest, master and man separated.
A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.
His also was the intellectual point of view, and the intellectual interest in knowledge and its deductions.
She stabbed him, noting the effect upon him with a detached interest that seemed indifferent to his pain.