figurehead
英 [ˈfɪɡəhed]
美 [ˈfɪɡjərhed]
n. 有名无实的领导人; 傀儡; (过去的)艏饰像
复数:figureheads
Collins.1 / BNC.19607 / COCA.21400
牛津词典
noun
- 有名无实的领导人;傀儡
a person who is in a high position in a country or an organization but who has no real power or authority - (过去的)艏饰像
a large wooden statue, usually representing a woman, that used to be fixed to the front end of a ship
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 有名无实的首脑;傀儡
If someone is thefigureheadof an organization or movement, they are recognized as being its leader, although they have little real power.- The President will be little more than a figurehead.
总统将不过是个傀儡而已。
- The President will be little more than a figurehead.
- (旧时的)艏饰像
Afigureheadis a large wooden model of a person that was put just under the pointed front of a sailing ship in former times.
英英释义
noun
- figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
- a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
双语例句
- Then the nominal head of state was the emperor, though in reality he was little more than a figurehead.
那时,名义上的国家元首是天皇,尽管实际上他不过是一个傀儡。 - Otherwise Miller would become a dispensable figurehead.
否则米勒就会变成可有可无的傀儡。 - The emperor is a figurehead.
那皇帝是有名无实的首脑。 - As the state's spokesman and figurehead, he has special access to the press, radio, and tv, which he fully uses to accomplish his aims.
作为一个州里的发言人和象征,他和报纸,无线电台和电视台都有广泛的接触,并尽力利用这些接触来达到他自己的目标。 - Acts 28:11 And after it had been three months, we put out to sea in an Alexandrian ship which had wintered in the island, with the twin sons of Zeus for its figurehead.
徒二八11过了三个月,我们上了一只亚力山大的船,这船以丢斯双子为记,是在那岛上过了冬的。 - He says bin Laden was not only a figurehead or strategist, as some people had thought.
他说,本。拉登并不是如一些人所认为的那样只是一名傀儡首脑或战略家。 - The President will be little more than a figurehead.
总统将不过是个傀儡而已。 - As the spokemen and figurehead, he has special access to the press, statio and tv, which he fully uses to accomplish his aim.
作为州的发言人和象征,他有很多机会接触到报纸、无线电台和电视台,并且充分利用这些来达到他自己的目的。 - The union quickly found a figurehead for their campaign, Ke Yunlong, a 29-year-old employee now given the job of selling fresh food in the store.
工会很快为自己的计划物色到了名义上的领袖现年29岁的员工柯云龙,他目前的工作是在晋江店销售生鲜食品。 - Mr Mubarak surrendered in the face of an astounding rejection of his move on Thursday to hand responsibilities to Mr Suleiman but remain as a figurehead president.
在最终屈服之前,穆巴拉克曾在周四提出向苏莱曼交出一部分职责,但自己保留名义上的总统身份,这一提议遭到抗议者坚决拒绝。
