an idea or activity, especially in politics or business, that suddenly becomes very popular or fashionable, so that a lot of people want to be involved in it (尤指政治上或商業上的)時尚,浪潮,聲勢浩大的活動
His recent poll victory could start an ultra-nationalist bandwagon rolling. 他在最近民意測驗中的勝利可能會掀起一波極端民族主義的浪潮。
jump on/climb on/join the bandwagon:
Every business was trying to jump on the ‘dot-com' bandwagon. 每個企業都在試圖追趕潮流建立“網上公司”。