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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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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
      1. (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

          双语例句

          • 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。
          • 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 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。
          • The "Manchukuo" Puppet Regime was a figurehead set up by the Japanese.
            伪满政府是由日本扶持建立的傀儡政权。
          • 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。
          • 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。
          • 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。
          • Antique Figurehead, possibly of Guangyin.
            形似观音古董船首像。
          • The emperor is a figurehead.
            那皇帝是有名无实的首脑。
          • 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。