front man

英 [frʌnt mæn]

美 [frʌnt mæn]

n.  (尤指名声不佳或不受欢迎的团体或组织的)代言人，头面人物，名誉代表

法律

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指名声不佳或不受欢迎的团体或组织的)代言人，头面人物，名誉代表
  If you say that someone is afront manfor a group or organization, you mean that their role is to represent and give a good impression of it to the public, especially when it is not very respectable or popular.
  1. Tremaine is the company's front man in Washington.
     特里梅因是公司在华盛顿的名誉代表。

英英释义

noun

• a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
  Synonym:frontfigureheadnominal headstraw manstrawman

双语例句

• He is the front man for a criminal gang.
  他为一个犯罪集团作掩护。
• The nurse watched in front of the sick man's bed for many nights.
  护士在这病人床前守候好几夜了。看守，守卫；
• Although they had a string of drummers, the drummer that stayed with the band longest was Dave Grohl, now the front man of another super rock band, the Foo Fighters.
  他们曾频频更换鼓手，其中与乐队共事最久的鼓手是戴夫·格罗尔，他现在在另一支超级摇滚乐队&喷火战机乐队担任主唱。
• You are the God in front of the first man and the queen ahead of the second.
  你在第一个人面前，是神。
• Now he is in front of the young man.
  很快便超过了年轻人。
• But, since he doesn't answer, he must see a black hat on the front man.
  但既然他没有回答，那他一定是看到前面的人帽子是黑色的。
• The directors use the public relations manager as a front man to answer any questions from customers.
  董事们总是请公关经理来应付顾客们提出的问题。
• After it becomes apparent to the middle man that the back man can't figure out what he's wearing, he knows that there is at least one black hat worn by himself and the front man.
  中间那个人见最后那个人不能猜出自己帽子的颜色，就知道在自己和自己前面的人中至少有一个帽子的颜色是黑色的。
• They scramble up half-naked to open the door, fight with their trousers down for their turn at the pot, and don't scruple to strip themselves in front of a man, simply turning slightly away.
  她们会半裸体地起来开门，拎着裤子争夺马桶，将身体稍稍背转一下就公然在男人面前换衣服。
• As long as you're fast enough to stay in front of your man, then you can body up on him as long as you want and it'll be an offensive foul.
  只要你能够迅速地跑到你所防守的球员的前面，你就可以对他进行贴身防守，而这通常能够造成对方的进攻犯规。