coattails
基本解释
- n.[男装的]上衣背尾
英汉例句
- Simple coattails also may put on the long scarf.
简单的燕尾服上也可以披上长围巾。 - She was riding her boss's coattails to promotion.
她纯粹是靠与老板的特殊关系而被提拔的。 - He is a lazy man still riding on his father's coattails.
他是一个仍然依靠父亲帮助的懒汉。 - Elected to office on the coattails of a popular governor.
由于一位受人爱戴的官员的帮助而被推选到政府机关 - This candidate is said to carry others to victory on his or her coattails.
这名候选人就被称为用“他或她的燕尾”携带其他人走向胜利。