coat-tail 的意思
借助他人的影响力; 依附于他人成功; 政治上的附庸
coat-tail 的词源
coat-tail(n.)
大约在1600年,“由外套下摆形成的翻边”,这个词是由 coat(外套)和 tail(下摆)组合而成。在17世纪,on one's own coattail 意思是“自掏腰包”。而“某人的权力”这个含义,特别是在政治领域,至少可以追溯到1848年(亚伯拉罕·林肯在国会的演讲中提到)。而 riding (someone's) coattails 这个表达则出现在1949年,用来形容借助他人的影响力进入政治职位。
But the gentleman from Georgia further says we [Whigs] have deserted all our principles, and taken shelter under General Taylor's military coat-tail, and he seems to think this is exceedingly degrading. Well, as his faith is, so be it unto him. But can he remember no other military coat-tail under which a certain other party have been sheltering for near a quarter of a century? Has he no acquaintance with the ample military coat-tail of General Jackson? Does he not know that his own party have run the five last presidential races under that coat-tail? And that they are now running the sixth under the same cover? Yes, sir, that coat-tail was used not only for General Jackson himself, but has been clung to, with the grip of death, by every Democratic candidate since. [Lincoln, speech in Congress, July 27, 1848]
乔治亚州的那位绅士还说,我们(辉格党)抛弃了所有原则,躲在泰勒将军的军装下摆下,他似乎认为这极其羞辱。好吧,既然他这么信,那就让他如此。但他难道不记得还有其他的军装下摆吗?某个政党已经在那下边庇护了近二十五年?他难道不知道杰克逊将军的庞大军装下摆吗?他难道不知道他自己的党派在过去五次总统选举中都是在那个下摆下进行的吗?而且他们现在正在第六次选举中继续躲在同样的庇护下?是的,先生,那件军装下摆不仅仅是为杰克逊将军自己所用,自那以后,每一位民主党候选人都紧紧抓住了它,犹如抓住生命线。[林肯,1848年7月27日国会演讲]
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