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coattails的意思

coattails

英美

n. 男装的上衣背尾；燕尾服的燕尾（coattail的复数形式）；（用复数）燕尾提举力

coattails

英文词源

coattails (n.): also coat-tail, c. 1600, from coat (n.) + tail (n.). In 17c., to do something on one's own coattail meant "at one's own expense. Meaning "power of one person," especially in politics, is from 1848 (in a Congressional speech by Abraham Lincoln, in reference to Andrew Jackson); expression riding (someone's) coattails into political office is from 1949.

双语例句

1. Everyone coattails of Louis Vuitton's brand imaging in China.: 每个人都想抓住LouisVuitton在大陆品牌形象的燕尾服效益.

2. So, Australia's economy and markets have ridden China's coattails to prosperity.: 因此, 澳大利亚的经济和股市搭着中国的经济快车实现了繁荣.

3. My opponent is riding the coattails of the popular governor of Massachusetts.: 我的对手在依靠麻省德高望重的州长而占点便宜.

4. He counted on the coattails effect to win him the election.: 他依靠别人的影响力赢得了选举.

5. When money has a tangible value, a lot of emotional things hitchhike on its coattails.: 金钱具有实实在在的价值, 因此很多有关情感的东西和它搭上了关系.

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