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

• 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。
• As the state's spokesman and figurehead, he has special access to the press, radio, and tv, which he fully uses to accomplish his aims.
  作为一个州里的发言人和象征，他和报纸，无线电台和电视台都有广泛的接触，并尽力利用这些接触来达到他自己的目标。
• 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。
• The president is just a figurehead; it's the party leader who has the real power.
  总统仅仅是挂名的首脑，党的领导人才真正握有实权。
• 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。
• He found Penny on the forecastle, where he had so often found Ser Jorah, standing by the rail beside the cog's hideous half-rotted figurehead and gazing out across the inky sea.
  他发现佩妮在前船楼上乔拉爵士平常逗留的地方，倚在那个丑陋的半腐烂的船首像边的栏杆上，眺望着漆黑的海。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。