"tagalong" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 跟班
• 跟屁虫

Definition

tagalong 指总是跟着别人走的人，通常是想参与但没有被邀请，常指小孩。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于非正式语境，常形容小孩，但也可用来形容成年人跟屁虫。带有负面或打趣的意味。常用“little tagalong”等说法。

Examples

My little brother is such a tagalong when I play with my friends.

我弟弟玩的时候老是当我的**跟班**。

Nobody wanted a tagalong on their camping trip.

大家都不想要一个**跟班**一起去露营。

She felt like a tagalong at her older sister's birthday party.

她在姐姐的生日派对上觉得自己像个**跟屁虫**。

Don't be a tagalong—let them have some time alone.

别当**跟班**——让他们单独相处一会儿。

He hated being called a tagalong, but he just wanted to hang out with the older kids.

他讨厌被叫**跟屁虫**，但他只是想和大孩子一起玩。

Ever since I got a dog, she’s become my little tagalong everywhere I go.

自从我养了狗，她就成了我的小**跟班**，无论我去哪儿。