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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Antique Figurehead, possibly of Guangyin.
  形似观音古董船首像。
• 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。
• Under the ancient Constitution of Japan, the Emperor had authority, but the current Constitution, which took effect in1947, gave authority to the people, and the Emperor became a figurehead.
  日本的宪法规定，天皇掌握国家主权，1947年公布了新宪法，规定主权归人民所有，天皇只是国家的象征。
• The emperor is a figurehead.
  那皇帝是有名无实的首脑。
• The party's president has become merely a figurehead.
  党主席已变成为仅仅是一个傀儡人物了。
• Otherwise Miller would become a dispensable figurehead.
  否则米勒就会变成可有可无的傀儡。
• Yet some experts are convinced Mr. Kim is not in charge, even if the regime maintains the cult of the Kim family, with Mr. Kim as the figurehead, to ensure stability and control.
  但一些专家确信，金正恩已不再掌权，即使现行的政治制度仍尊崇金氏家族，将金正恩当作一个名义领袖，以确保稳定和对国家的控制。