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　

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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.
  1. The President will be little more than a figurehead.
     总统将不过是个傀儡而已。
• (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
  Synonym:front manfrontnominal headstraw manstrawman

双语例句

• The President will be little more than a figurehead.
  总统将不过是个傀儡而已。
• Look at the personal side of that boss rather than as a figurehead.
  要看到上司人性的一面，而不是只是一个概念化的老板。
• Typically, an Enterprise Architect is seen as a key figurehead, the bridge between business and IT.
  一般，企业架构师被看作是重要的头衔，业务和IT之间的桥梁。
• 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。
• The president is just a figurehead; it's the party leader who has the real power.
  总统仅仅是挂名的首脑，党的领导人才真正握有实权。
• 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。
• At81 he could only be a figurehead or "caretaker" director-general say diplomats, who also point to a rigorous Egyptian campaign against him.
  外交人士说，81岁的他只能成为一个有名无实的或者“临时代理的”总干事，他们还指出，埃及坚决反对他参选。
• The "Manchukuo" Puppet Regime was a figurehead set up by the Japanese.
  伪满政府是由日本扶持建立的傀儡政权。
• 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。
• 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。