bandwagon
英 [ˈbændˌwæɡ.ən]
美 [ˈbændˌwæɡ.ən]
记忆方法:将“band”联想到乐队,“wagon”联想到篷车。想象一个乐队正在乘坐篷车加入一个流行的趋势或潮流中,因此“bandwagon”表示跟随潮流或趋势的行为。
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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。
- 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.
- 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。
- 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。
- 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?
- 4. The socialists are now climbing on the bandwagon.
- 社会主义者如今随起了这一大流。
- 5. The World Cup bandwagon is starting to roll.
- 世界杯足球赛热潮即将涌起。