词汇 | tandem |
释义 | (redirected from tandem)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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