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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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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
      1. (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

          双语例句

          • 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。
          • 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。
          • The President will be little more than a figurehead.
            总统将不过是个傀儡而已。
          • 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。
          • 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 Vikings built ships with high bows and a projecting stem bearing a menacing figurehead, similar to the ships of William I the Conqueror as seen in the Bayeux Tapestry.
            维京人建造的船只,其船首较高,伸出的船首有着吓人的装饰物,与拜约挂毯上所见到征服者威廉一世的船只类似。
          • She is a kind of national figurehead, an Entertainer in Chief; she is Americana.
            她是一种国家领袖,是娱乐圈的老大;她是典型的美国事物。
          • Antique Figurehead, possibly of Guangyin.
            形似观音古董船首像。
          • The Dutch monarch has little political power, but serves mostly as a ceremonial figurehead to represent the nation.
            荷兰国王几乎没有政治权力,他主要作为正式场合代表国家的领袖。
          • 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。