English Dictionary

coattail

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

(transitive, intransitive) To ride the coattails of.

日本語の意味

他人の成功や人気に便乗して、自分の利益を図ること。 / 他人の実績や権威に頼って、自分の成果を上げる行為。

Rather than earn her position, she chose to coattail a popular politician.

地位を自力で勝ち取るのではなく、彼女は人気のある政治家に便乗する道を選んだ。

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To ride the coattails of.

It wasn't like I just coattailed the auditor's work. Based on the names on the time cards, I was able to conduct interviews with the employees whose labor was mischarged, and they told me which contracts they had actually worked on.

coattails （ present singular third-person ）

coattailing （ participle present ）

coattailed （ participle past ）

coattailed （ past ）