| 单词 | bandwagon |
| 释义 | bandwagon (bændwægən ) Word forms: bandwagons 1. countable noun [usually singular] You can refer to an activity or movement that has suddenly become fashionable or popular as a bandwagon. So what is really happening as the information bandwagon starts to roll? ...the environmental bandwagon. 2. to jump on the bandwagon countable noun [usually singular] 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. [disapproval] Many farms are jumping on the bandwagon and advertising organically grown food. The socialists are now climbing on the bandwagon. Idioms: jump on the bandwagon to get involved in an activity or idea because it is likely to succeed or it is fashionable at the time There will always be inexperienced people ready to jump on the bandwagon and start teaching classes in whatever is fashionable. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: bandwagon effect Very often it seems to me that such speculation through selling short sets up a bandwagon effect against the victim, which then makes the victim even more vulnerable. Times, Sunday Times First, candidates tend to get momentum as they go through the process because of the bandwagon effect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Poll surveys create a bandwagon effect, he said. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If a successful firm can create a bandwagon effect in which enough momentum builds, then the product becomes a de facto standard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bandwagon effect explains why there are fashion trends. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now that the bandwagon is rolling, who else will Jump on? Times, Sunday Times (2015) He hit 25 miles an hour in places and kept the bandwagon rolling. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It is not so easy to get a bandwagon rolling after Iraq. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It set their bandwagon rolling on an unstoppable path towards Ashes victory the following year. The Sun (2008) Within hours the bandwagon was rolling. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The media should not join the bandwagon for instant central bank responses simply because enough large institutions are calling for such action. Times, Sunday Times The latest to join the bandwagon at least has the merit of being a bit different. Times, Sunday Times Other contenders have tripped up in the rush to join the bandwagon. Times, Sunday Times I just joined the bandwagon a few weeks ago. Times, Sunday Times If, however, you are thinking of joining that bandwagon then you may be about to suffer in vain. Times, Sunday Times |
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