coat-tails
coat-tails
phrase. （男人上衣的）后摆
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- phrase. （男人上衣的）后摆
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1. Sometimes Indians would come to see me; and, though my acquaintance with them was but slight, when they rose to leave I felt inclined to hold them back by their coat-tails.
有的时候有印度人来看我；虽然我跟他们交情不深，但当他们站起来要走的时候，我感到我有意想拉住他们的衣角，把他们留下。
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2. The House Democrats could be usefully reminded that their present 78-seat margin owes everything to the president’s coat-tails; they are endangering his popularity.
众议院的民主党可能经常被提醒他们目前78个席位的空缺都拜总统所赐；他们威胁着他的声望。
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3. Curbing state companies means taking on all of the well-connected people who ride on their coat-tails, including parts of the middle class.
驾驭住国有企业意味着把那些在朝廷有关系的权人及其亲信党朋家丁从位置上拉下来，其中就包括部分中产阶级。
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