Trail one's coattails
故意引起争吵, 故意挑畔
🧩 词语组成解析
trail
[trel]
vt. 跟踪，追踪;拖曳：让…拖或飘扬在后面;拖沓而行;跟在…后面;
vi. （在比赛等中）输;（尤指跟在他人后面）疲惫地走;（在比赛或其他竞赛中）落后;蔓生;
n. 足迹;臭迹;小径;一缕;
trail(draw)→拖；拉；追踪；尾随；踪迹；小径
a. 人们的；自己的
燕尾提举力
🗣️ 情景例句
Shall I call Mr. Marchetta for you?
要我替你打电话给 Marchetta先生吗？
I told him to stay till he calls.
我告诉他留下来等他打电话来。
There was a tine when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.
曾经有一个时期，芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取保护。