Jumat, 19 Februari 2010

Courting vs Lobbying

Q : need your help, i got a little confuse about this sentence
is there anyone can help me what is this mean "We have been courting so many times, in order you can make a conclusion" what does the "courting" means?

A: I think the closest meaning of 'courting' in your sentence is melakukan pendekatan. So the meaning of the sentence will be:
We have been courting so many times, in order you can make a conclusion
Kita sudah melakukan pendekatang berulang kali, agar anda sampai pada satu kesimpulan.

In our daily the word courting can have different meaning, but the essence of it is as mention in the thesaurus:
Courting:
.tr.
1.
a. To attempt to gain; seek: courting wealth and fame.
b. To behave so as to invite or incur: courts disaster by taking drugs.
2. To try to gain the love or affections of, especially to seek to marry.
3. To attempt to gain the favor of by attention or flattery: a salesperson courting a potential customer.
4. Zoology To behave so as to attract (a mate).
v.intr.
1. To pursue a courtship; woo.
2. Zoology To engage in courtship behavior.

In bahasa, the word courting can be interpreted as :
- pacaran though the closest meaning will be to our slang pedekate / PDKT
- mengundang, menghendaki, mencari atau menantang yang arahnya adalah melakukan pendekatan untuk menarik perhatian dari sesuatu yang di 'courting' itu.

Courting is quite different from lobbying, even though lobbying can also be translated as melakukan pendekatan but the purpose is quite different. Referring to the thesaurus

lobbying:
.intr.
To try to influence the thinking of legislators or other public officials for or against a specific cause: lobbying for stronger environmental safeguards; lobbied against the proliferation of nuclear arms.
v.tr.
1. To try to influence public officials on behalf of or against (proposed legislation, for example): lobbied the bill through Congress; lobbied the bill to a negative vote.
2. To try to influence (an official) to take a desired action

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