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 Dutch monarch has little political power, but serves mostly as a ceremonial figurehead to represent the nation.
  荷兰国王几乎没有政治权力，他主要作为正式场合代表国家的领袖。
• 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。
• When I'm at work, I have a figurehead role to live up to and I usually find I can play that particular character very well.
  他说：当我工作的时候，我需要扮演一个象征性的领导角色，而我发现，通常我都可以把那个特定的角色扮演得很好。
• The Vikings built ships with high bows and a projecting stem bearing a menacing figurehead, similar to the ships of William I the Conqueror as seen in the Bayeux Tapestry.
  维京人建造的船只，其船首较高，伸出的船首有着吓人的装饰物，与拜约挂毯上所见到征服者威廉一世的船只类似。
• 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。
• 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。
• Otherwise Miller would become a dispensable figurehead.
  否则米勒就会变成可有可无的傀儡。
• Mr Mubarak surrendered in the face of an astounding rejection of his move on Thursday to hand responsibilities to Mr Suleiman but remain as a figurehead president.
  在最终屈服之前，穆巴拉克曾在周四提出向苏莱曼交出一部分职责，但自己保留名义上的总统身份，这一提议遭到抗议者坚决拒绝。
• Look at the personal side of that boss rather than as a figurehead.
  要看到上司人性的一面，而不是只是一个概念化的老板。
• Antique Figurehead, possibly of Guangyin.
  形似观音古董船首像。