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　

TOEFL GRE TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.19607 / COCA.21400

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

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。
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。
Acts 28:11 And after it had been three months, we put out to sea in an Alexandrian ship which had wintered in the island, with the twin sons of Zeus for its figurehead.
徒二八11过了三个月，我们上了一只亚力山大的船，这船以丢斯双子为记，是在那岛上过了冬的。
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。
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。
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。
The "Manchukuo" Puppet Regime was a figurehead set up by the Japanese.
伪满政府是由日本扶持建立的傀儡政权。
She is a kind of national figurehead, an Entertainer in Chief; she is Americana.
她是一种国家领袖，是娱乐圈的老大；她是典型的美国事物。
A North Korea run by Party officials with Mr. Kim as the figurehead may be just as stable as a North Korea run by a Kim.
或许，一个由劳动党官员统治的、以金正恩为名义领袖的朝鲜与金正日统治下的朝鲜一样稳定。
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。