"tagalong" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 跟班
• 跟屁蟲

Definition

tagalong 是指總是跟著別人的人，通常想參加但沒被邀請，多指小孩。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於非正式場合，常用來形容小孩，也能指跟來跟去的大人，語氣有負面或開玩笑成分。常聽到“little tagalong”等用法。

Examples

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

我弟弟玩時總是我的**跟班**。

Nobody wanted a tagalong on their camping trip.

大家都不想要一個**跟班**一起去露營。

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

她在姐姐的生日派對上覺得自己像個**跟屁蟲**。

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

別當**跟班**——讓他們單獨相處一下。

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

他討厭被叫**跟屁蟲**，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.

自從我養了狗，她就變成了我的小**跟班**，無論我去哪裡。