词汇 | in tandem |
释义 | Idiom in tandemin tandem (with someone/something) together.The airlines cut prices in tandem.This director has worked in tandem with the same composer on several films. in tandemOccurring or acting simultaneously or in conjunction. The tax changes are coming into effect in tandem with several relief schemes for lower-income families. The director worked in tandem with numerous psychologists to faithfully portray dissociative identity disorder. My wife and I illustrate and write our books in tandem. in tandem[of two or more things] in single file. We marched to the door in tandem. They rode along in tandem. in tandem1 one behind another. 2 alongside each other; together.The Latin word tandem means ‘at length’: it was originally used in English as a term for a carriage drawn by two horses harnessed one in front of the other. Sense 1 preserves this late 18th-century sense, but since the mid 20th century the phrase has been commonly used to mean simply ‘functioning as a team’. in ˈtandem (with somebody/something)together (with somebody/something); at the same time (as somebody/something): These two computers are designed to work in tandem.She runs the business in tandem with her husband. |
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