figureheads
- n.傀儡;有名无实的领导人;(过去的)艏饰像
- figurehead的复数
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figureheads
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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。
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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.
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。