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bandwagon

英 ['bændwægən] 美 ['bændwæɡən]

n. 流行，时尚；乐队花车

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。

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。