coattails

基本解释

• n.[男装的]上衣背尾

同根派生

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。