1TAKE PART/BE INVOLVEDan activity that a lot of people are doing 风行的活动,风尚,浪潮
The keep-fit bandwagon started rolling in the mid-80s.
八十年代中期,健身热潮开始涌现。
2climb/jump/get on the bandwagonto start doing or saying something that a lot of people are already doing or saying – used to show disapproval 赶浪头,赶时髦,顺应潮流〔含贬义〕
I don’t want to look as if I’m jumping on a green bandwagon.
我不想显得我是在随大溜参与环保。
Examples from the Corpus
climb/jump/get on the bandwagon• And other quick-serve restaurantchains, such as Boston Market, are jumping on the bandwagon.• Companies such as Oracle are jumping on the bandwagon, too, with low-priced networkcomputers.• Just a preliminarycommunication first, without the experimentaldetails, so that nobody can jump on the bandwagon right away.• The Communists have climbed on the bandwagon, but only to put the brakes on.• If the petition is advertised, more creditors may jump on the bandwagon.• Competitors are certain to jump on the bandwagon with rival systems and Nimslo's much-vauntedpatents could be unable to stop them.• For a while, the seif-centred members of celebritycircles were falling over themselves in their eagerness to jump on the bandwagon.• And everyone tried to climb on the bandwagon.