n. 男裝的上衣背尾；燕尾服的燕尾（coattail的復(fù)數(shù)形式）；（用復(fù)數(shù)）燕尾提舉力
英文詞源
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.
雙語例句
1. Everyone coattails of Louis Vuitton's brand imaging in China.
每個人都想抓住LouisVuitton在大陸品牌形象的燕尾服效益.
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2. So, Australia's economy and markets have ridden China's coattails to prosperity.
因此, 澳大利亞的經(jīng)濟和股市搭著中國的經(jīng)濟快車實現(xiàn)了繁榮.
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3. My opponent is riding the coattails of the popular governor of Massachusetts.
我的對手在依靠麻省德高望重的州長而占點便宜.
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4. He counted on the coattails effect to win him the election.
他依靠別人的影響力贏得了選舉.
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5. When money has a tangible value, a lot of emotional things hitchhike on its coattails.