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
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.- The President will be little more than a figurehead.
总统将不过是个傀儡而已。
- The President will be little more than a figurehead.
- (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
双语例句
- 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。 - Otherwise Miller would become a dispensable figurehead.
否则米勒就会变成可有可无的傀儡。 - 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。 - 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。 - He described the pressures of being the figurehead of such a big and influential game as too much for him to bear.
据他形容,在这样一个富有影响力的大作中担当名义领袖,其压力超过了他能承受的范围。 - 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。 - 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。 - The President will be little more than a figurehead.
总统将不过是个傀儡而已。 - The emperor is a figurehead.
那皇帝是有名无实的首脑。 - 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。