Several people buttonholed television reporters to explain to them their reasons for not voting.是什么意思？

Several people buttonholed television reporters to explain to them their reasons for not voting.

几个人拉住电视台记者非要向他们解释自己不投票的理由。

several

adj. 几个的，专有的，各自的，分别的；pron. 几个，数个，一些；

例句
He's already altered several of the proposals in his economic plan to accommodate demands of special interests.
他已经改动了经济计划中的几项提议以迁就特殊利益集团的要求。

people

n. 人，人类，居民，人民，种族；vt. 居住于，布满，使住满人，在…殖民，把动物放养在；

例句
Most people have very little difficulty in seeing why a Van Gogh is a work of genius.
多数人不难理解为什么凡·高的作品是天才之作。

buttonholed

v. 钮扣孔( buttonhole的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
Several people buttonholed television reporters to explain to them their reasons for not voting.
几个人拉住电视台记者非要向他们解释自己不投票的理由。

television

n. 电视，电视机，电视节目，电视业；

例句
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
英国电影和电视艺术学院

reporters

n. 记者( reporter的名词复数 )；

例句
He told reporters today that the president's trip to Moscow is up in the air.
今天他告诉记者们总统是否前往莫斯科尚未确定。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

explain

vt. 说明…的原因，辩解；vi. 说明，解释，辩解；

例句
How would you explain colour to a blind person?
你如何向盲人解释颜色？

them

pron. 他们，她们，它们；

例句
I take care of them to the best of my abilities...
我尽我所能地照顾他们。

their

pron. 他（她，它）们的，在提及性别不详的人时，用以代替 him 或 her；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。

reasons

n. 理由( reason的名词复数 )，原因，理性，理智；v. 推理，思考( reason的第三人称单数 )，争辩；

例句
Several people buttonholed television reporters to explain to them their reasons for not voting.
几个人拉住电视台记者非要向他们解释自己不投票的理由。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

not

adv. 不，[用以表示否定、否认、拒绝、禁止等]不是，几乎不，未必，没有[用于否定后面的词或短语]；

例句
It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration, it was not just a single incident.
事实已经很清楚，这件事不是偶发的，它并不是一起孤立的事件。

voting

n. 选举，投票；

例句
The deadline for absentee voting in was Saturday.
缺席投票的最后期限是星期六。