第三人称复数:figureheads
名词挂名的首脑,傀儡; 装饰船头的人像; 〈谑〉嘴脸
名词
1. King is just a figurehead; it's the president who has the real power.
国王仅仅是挂名的首脑,总统才真正握有实权。
2. The emperor is a figurehead.
那是个傀儡皇帝。
1. 挂名首脑:核心提示:一、领导的活动与角色 (一)领导者与管理者 重点理解二者的区别 (二)经理角色分析类别角色 工作内容 人际关系类 挂名首脑(figurehead)执行仪式或象征性的工作 联络者(1iaison) 建立内部和外部的信息网络 领导者(1eader)指
2. 破浪神,船首饰:engine room 轮机舱 | figurehead 破浪神,船首饰 | forecastle 船首楼
3. 船头雕饰:forestay 前支索 | figurehead 船头雕饰 | yard 帆桁,横桁
4. 名誉领袖:precursor 先驱 | figurehead 名誉领袖 | disciple 学徒
1. 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.
e.g. The President will be little more than a figurehead.
总统将不过是个傀儡而已。
2. (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. figurehead什么意思
1. He has since become the figurehead of the Change Cycling Now campaign, which calls for a more robust drive to root out drug cheats from the sport.
2. Milk's contemporaries say the campaign against the marriage ban lacked a fiery figurehead to challenge gays to demand equality.
3. Warner said David Beckham would be the ideal figurehead for England's bid.
4. Although Jean mainly plays a figurehead role, her word is final when dealing with constitutional matters.
5. He fears losing control over security would relegate him to a figurehead.
6. He had become a figurehead for Islamist militants opposing Washington and Maliki's government.
noun
1. figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
2. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Synonym: front man front nominal head straw man strawman