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
- The party's president has become merely a figurehead.
党主席已变成为仅仅是一个傀儡人物了。 - The Dutch monarch has little political power, but serves mostly as a ceremonial figurehead to represent the nation.
荷兰国王几乎没有政治权力，他主要作为正式场合代表国家的领袖。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。