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bandwagon

noun
🔊/ˈbændwæɡən/
🔊/ˈbændwæɡən/
[usually singular]Idioms
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  1. an activity that more and more people are becoming involved in风靡的活动；时尚
    • The World Cup bandwagon is starting to roll.世界杯足球赛热潮即将涌起。🔊🔊
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    • The Scottish Nationalist bandwagon is gathering pace.苏格兰民族主义的势头越来越猛。
    • The globalization bandwagon is gathering momentum.全球化的势头日盛。
    • They seem to have got an anti-government bandwagon rolling.他们好像兴起了一股反政府潮流。
    • There is now a bandwagon effect with more and more companies following the trend.现在是大势所趋，越来越多的公司跟风而动。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + bandwagon
    • climb on
    • join
    • jump on
    • …
    bandwagon + verb
    • be rolling
    • gather momentum
    • gather pace
    • …
    bandwagon + noun
    • effect
    preposition
    • on board a/​the bandwagon
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Idioms
climb/jump on the bandwagon
  1. (informal, disapproving) to join others in doing something that is becoming fashionable because you hope to become popular or successful yourself赶时髦；追随潮流
    • politicians eager to jump on the environmental bandwagon急于随大溜加入环保行列的政客们
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