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

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。
Analysts have often commented that it does not really matter who the next figurehead is in North Korea. Strongmen such as Mr Chang will take the decisions that really count.
分析人士常发表意见称，谁是朝鲜下一位名义上的领袖其实无关紧要。张成泽之类的强人才是真正重大问题的决策者。
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。
The President will be little more than a figurehead.
总统将不过是个傀儡而已。
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。
As the spokemen and figurehead, he has special access to the press, statio and tv, which he fully uses to accomplish his aim.
作为州的发言人和象征，他有很多机会接触到报纸、无线电台和电视台，并且充分利用这些来达到他自己的目的。
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。
Otherwise Miller would become a dispensable figurehead.
否则米勒就会变成可有可无的傀儡。
Antique Figurehead, possibly of Guangyin.
形似观音古董船首像。
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。