coattails
基本解釋
- n.[男裝的]上衣背尾
英漢例句
- Simple coattails also may put on the long scarf.
簡單的燕尾服上也可以披上長圍巾。 - She was riding her boss's coattails to promotion.
她純粹是靠與老板的特殊關(guān)系而被提拔的。 - He is a lazy man still riding on his father's coattails.
他是一個仍然依靠父親幫助的嬾漢。 - Elected to office on the coattails of a popular governor.
由於一位受人愛戴的官員的幫助而被推選到政府機關(guān) - This candidate is said to carry others to victory on his or her coattails.
這名候選人就被稱爲用“他或她的燕尾”攜帶其他人走曏勝利。