front man
英 [frʌnt mæn]
美 [frʌnt mæn]
n. (尤指名声不佳或不受欢迎的团体或组织的)代言人,头面人物,名誉代表
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (尤指名声不佳或不受欢迎的团体或组织的)代言人,头面人物,名誉代表
If you say that someone is afront manfor a group or organization, you mean that their role is to represent and give a good impression of it to the public, especially when it is not very respectable or popular.- Tremaine is the company's front man in Washington.
特里梅因是公司在华盛顿的名誉代表。
- Tremaine is the company's front man in Washington.
英英释义
noun
- a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
双语例句
- He is the front man for a criminal gang.
他为一个犯罪集团作掩护。 - They scramble up half-naked to open the door, fight with their trousers down for their turn at the pot, and don't scruple to strip themselves in front of a man, simply turning slightly away.
她们会半裸体地起来开门,拎着裤子争夺马桶,将身体稍稍背转一下就公然在男人面前换衣服。 - But can we speak so bluntly in front of the poor man!
但我们似乎不要在他面前说实话! - He stumbled over and set a glass down in front of the man.
他跌跌撞撞地走到那个人面前,递给他一个杯子。 - One school sees him as the leading cheerleader for Toyota Motor ( TM), a laughing and smiling front man for a company that has been struggling more than usual the past few years.
有些人将他视为丰田汽车(ToyotaMotor)的啦啦队长,在过去几年间负责代表这家深陷困境的企业抛头露面,对公众笑脸相迎。 - Although they had a string of drummers, the drummer that stayed with the band longest was Dave Grohl, now the front man of another super rock band, the Foo Fighters.
他们曾频频更换鼓手,其中与乐队共事最久的鼓手是戴夫·格罗尔,他现在在另一支超级摇滚乐队&喷火战机乐队担任主唱。 - I'm just the front man, you know.
我只是挂名的负责人,你知道。 - At Barnsley, Anderson told me to get in front of my man at the near post for a corner, and I managed to head it in.
在巴恩斯利,安德森跟我说球会发到近角,让我甩掉后卫。 - The nurse watched in front of the sick man's bed for many nights.
护士在这病人床前守候好几夜了。看守,守卫; - The directors use the public relations manager as a front man to answer any questions from customers.
董事们总是请公关经理来应付顾客们提出的问题。