每日单词：bandwagon

bandwagon

英 ['bændwæɡən] 美 ['bændwæɡən]

n.乐队花车；宣传车；浪潮；流行

◉Usage Examples

(1) There is a bandwagon pulling out and the leader has to get people to climb on.

(2) He joined the prime minister's bandwagon.

(3) The reform bandwagon swept across the country.

(4) More people were jumping on the bandwagon each day.

(1) 乐队彩车要出发了，领导者必须让人们爬上去。

(2) 他加入了首相这一派。

(3) 改革浪潮席卷全国。

(4) 每天都有更多的人跟随这股潮流。

◉Usage notes

A bandwagon is a trend that is so cool everyone wants to get in on it. If you start wearing a flowerpot on your head because everyone else is, you’ve jumped on a strange fashion bandwagon.

Originally, a bandwagon was a large wagon that did indeed carry a band. Now it’s an idea — people jump on the bandwagon when they hop on a trend. This word can be negative because it’s what people do only because it’s trendy. Longtime fans of the Boston Red Sox may resent new fans who like the team because it's become the 'in thing' to do; the old fans would accuse them of jumping on the bandwagon.

◉Collins

1. [N-COUNT 可数名词]时尚；浪潮 You can refer to an activity or movement that has suddenly become fashionable or popular as a bandwagon . [usu sing]

① 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？

② ...the environmental bandwagon.

环保热潮

2. [N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指政客顺应的）时髦，潮流 If someone, especially a politician, jumps or climbs on the bandwagon, they become involved in an activity or movement because it is fashionable or likely to succeed and not because they are really interested in it.

[usu sing] [disapproval]

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 The socialists are now climbing on the bandwagon.

社会主义者如今随起了这一大流。

◉Idioms

climb/jump on the bandwagon

(informal, disapproving) to join others in doing something that is becoming fashionable because you hope to become popular or successful yourself

politicians eager to jump on the environmental bandwagon

In the US, political parades often included a band on a wagon. Political leaders would join them in the hope of winning popular support.