汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 亦步亦趋
亦步亦趋 (亦步亦趨)
to blindly follow suit (idiom) / to imitate slavishly / to do what everyone else is doing
The original intention was that if you walk slowly, I will walk slowly, if you walk quickly, I will walk quickly, and if you run, I will also run / The metaphor is to imitate or follow others due to lack of opinions or to please
原意是说,你慢走我也慢走,你快走我也快走,你跑我也跑。比喻由于缺乏主张,或为了讨好,事事模仿或追随别人。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

事实上,贝德格勒特对主人亦步亦趋

In fact, Beddgelert would follow his master's every move.

如果美国下定决心可以接受并容忍那样一种“高低”搭配,外国客户可能会亦步亦趋

If America decided it could live with such a "high-low" mix, foreign customers might follow suit.

梅尔曼说,英国石油正在看有没有办法从火线中抽身,包括可不可以跟在奥巴马后面亦步亦趋

As for the oil company, Mr. Mellman says that 'BP is looking for any way it can get out of the line of fire, including getting behind Obama's pants leg.'

但若葡萄酒价格跟在原油等传统商品之后亦步亦趋,买入葡萄酒也无法低多少总风险。

But if wine prices closely track traditional commodities such as oil, buying wine will not reduce overall risk.

此外,美国人确实会走极端,要么咄咄逼人地大肆渲染其文学,要么进行着同样不幸的亦步亦趋式的顶礼膜拜。

And Americans do swing from aggressive overphrase of their literature to an equally unfortunate, imitative deference.

诗歌翻译要求准确传达形式美,但形美的要求并不等于就要对原诗的形式作亦步亦趋的直译。

Poetry translation requires accurate convey of form beauty, but the request of form beauty does not mean the footstep literal translation of the form of the original poem.

这个演讲也许是乔布斯留给世间的最棒的遗产,我们都应该铭记其中的一段:人生有涯,莫亦步亦趋,莫寻章摘句,莫人云亦云。

What he told the graduating students may be Steve Jobs's best legacy. Here is one part we all should remember:Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.