单词 | coattails |
释义 | coattails [ˈkəʊtteɪlz]WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019:主要翻译英语中文coattail (US), coat-tail (UK) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. usually plural (man's formal jacket: back flap) (常作_s)燕尾服的燕尾 yàn wěi fú de yàn wěicoattail⇒ viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." US (succeed thanks to [sb] else)靠着他人提携 沾别人的光 Stanley was the weakest player on his team, but he managed to coattail into two championships. 文馨英漢☞coattailcoattailscoat•tails /'kəʊtteɪlz/ n 复1. (燕尾服的)燕尾 2. 美利用他人的声望(或势力) 词组on the coattails of 1. 紧跟…之后 • A number of Republican congressmen were elected on Reagan's coattails. 继里根之后,许多共和党议员当选。 2. 依靠…提携 • He became successful on the coattails of his boss. 他依靠他的老板的提携而获得成功。 trail one's coattails 寻衅 |
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