bandwagon
英 ['bændwægən]
美['bændwæɡən]
- n. 流行，时尚；乐队花车
词态变化
复数: bandwagons;
中文词源
bandwagon 时尚
band, 乐队。wagon, 马车。指19世纪流动的音乐家或演艺团队各地巡演，通常引起轰动。
英文词源
- bandwagon (n.)
- also band-wagon, 1855, American English, from band (n.2) + wagon, originally a large wagon used to carry the band in a circus procession; as these also figured in celebrations of successful political campaigns, being on the bandwagon came to represent "attaching oneself to anything that looks likely to succeed," a usage first attested 1899 in writings of Theodore Roosevelt.
双语例句
- 1. In recent months many conservative politicians have jumped on the anti-immigrant bandwagon.
- 最近几个月，很多保守政客都搭上了“反移民”这班车。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Many farms are jumping on the bandwagon and advertising organically grown food.
- 很多农场正赶潮流宣传有机食品。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. So what is really happening as the information bandwagon starts to roll?
- 当信息大潮滚滚而来的时候究竟发生了些什么呢？
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The socialists are now climbing on the bandwagon.
- 社会主义者如今随起了这一大流。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The World Cup bandwagon is starting to roll.
- 世界杯足球赛热潮即将涌起。
来自《权威词典》