figureheads

美 [ˈfɪgjərˌhɛdz]英 [ˈfɪgəhɛdz]

figureheads

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.

1

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。
2

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。
3

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。
4

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。
5

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。