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figurehead

美 [ˈfɪɡjərhed]英 [ˈfɪɡəhed]
  • n.傀儡;有名无实的领导人;(过去的)艏饰像

复数: figureheads

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noun

1

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

2

(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

figurehead

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 有名无实的首脑;傀儡
    If someone is the figurehead of 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。

  • 2
    N-COUNT (旧时的)艏饰像
    A figurehead is a large wooden model of a person that was put just under the pointed front of a sailing ship in former times.

noun

1
figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
2
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Synonym: front man front nominal head straw man strawman

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  1. The President will be little more than a figurehead .

    总统将不过是个傀儡而已。

  2. Xiao Gang became a figurehead emperor after Xiao Yan died .

    萧衍死后,侯景立太子萧纲为傀儡皇帝。

  3. 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。

  4. Every period of market madness , whether up or down , has its figureheads .

    无论是上涨还是下跌,每一段市场疯狂期都有其代表人物。

  5. 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。

  6. 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。

  7. Otherwise Miller would become a dispensable figurehead .

    否则米勒就会变成可有可无的傀儡。

  8. She did marry a man , but later emerged as a figurehead for gay rights .

    她确实嫁给了一个男人,但后来发现他是同性恋权利的名义领袖。

  9. I 'm a figurehead , like Mayor McCheese ,

    只是名义上的和McCheese市长一样(McCheese市长:麦当劳创造出的卡通人物)

  10. 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。

  11. 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。

  12. He would be no cold-war figurehead against the Kremlin and all its works ;

    他不是反对克里姆林宫的冷战傀儡,而是十足的俄罗斯爱国主义者。

  13. He described the pressures of being the figurehead of such a big and influential game as too much for him to bear .

    据他形容,在这样一个富有影响力的大作中担当名义领袖,其压力超过了他能承受的范围。

  14. When I 'm at work , I have a figurehead role to live up to and I usually find I can play that particular character very well .

    他说:当我工作的时候,我需要扮演一个象征性的领导角色,而我发现,通常我都可以把那个特定的角色扮演得很好。

  15. That mixture of engineering and entrepreneurial drive has propelled the 50-year-old Mr Li to become one of the figureheads of private Chinese industry .

    这种工程悟性加创业精神推动今年50岁的李书福成为中国民营企业的领军人物之一。

  16. The figurehead Emperor Xian reigned until A.D. 220 when Cao Pi forced his abdication .

    傀儡皇帝汉献帝在曹丕的逼迫下于公元220年退位。

  17. If city-dwellers believe that mayors will be costly figureheads , they are likely to vote against them .

    如果市民认为市长们只会成为昂贵的傀儡,那么他们很可能投票反对这些市长。

  18. 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。

  19. The emperor is a figurehead .

    那皇帝是有名无实的首脑。

  20. The deadlock was only broken when the prime minister in an unprecedented step asked the Emperor , a constitutional figurehead , to decide whether to surrender .

    日本首相采取了史无前例的举措,才打破了这一僵局:他请日本宪法规定的最高首脑——日本天皇——决定是否投降。

  21. A carved figure on the prow of a ship . I saw the most wonderful figureheads that had all been far over the ocean .

    船头雕饰在船头的雕刻图象我看到了最最漂亮的船头雕饰,这些船都出过远洋。

  22. 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。

  23. Tom [ Hanks ] has played American figureheads in the past , and he 's very representative of our core values of what we believe to be great American leadership .

    汤姆·汉克斯以前演过很多美国大人物,他非常能代表我们心目中伟大的美国领导力的核心价值。

  24. 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。

  25. Antique Figurehead , possibly of Guangyin .

    形似观音古董船首像。

  26. 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。

  27. 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。

  28. Analysts have often commented that it does not really matter who the next figurehead is in North Korea . Strongmen such as Mr Chang will take the decisions that really count .

    分析人士常发表意见称,谁是朝鲜下一位名义上的领袖其实无关紧要。张成泽之类的强人才是真正重大问题的决策者。

  29. When he speaks as a candidate - fiery , enthusiastic , figurehead of a party - he loses the jacket and rolls up his shirtsleeves .

    而当他作为党派领袖以候选人的身份讲话时,他激情四射——此时他就褪去西装并挽起衬衫袖子。

  30. However , the country 's corrupt figurehead , President Snow , doesn 't take kindly to being outwitted , and his latest scheme is to pit the survivors of previous Hunger Games against one another .

    而施惠国的“昏君”——斯诺总统并不想这么容易就放过他们。他的最新阴谋是想要上几届饥饿游戏的幸存者自相残杀。