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

法律

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
  Synonym:frontfigureheadnominal headstraw manstrawman

双语例句

• A woman must put on a good show in front of a man.
  女人在男人面前必须要好好表演。
• The front man said that the band were excited about one currently untitled track in particular, Yahoo News reports.
  据雅虎新闻报道，这位主唱说乐队为当前他们正在制作的、还未起好名字的一首歌感到很兴奋。
• The former adviser now serves as a front man for a large foundation.
  前顾问现在是一个大基金会的名誉负责人。
• They're using him for a front man, just for a while, then the Japanese will take over.
  他们利用他充门面，要不了多久，日本人准接过去。
• 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。
• There is a chair in front of the young man.
  在年轻人的前面有一把椅子。
• I'm just the front man, you know.
  我只是挂名的负责人，你知道。
• As long as you're fast enough to stay in front of your man, then you can body up on him as long as you want and it'll be an offensive foul.
  只要你能够迅速地跑到你所防守的球员的前面，你就可以对他进行贴身防守，而这通常能够造成对方的进攻犯规。
• Oh, it was such an exquisite and lucky moment in my life to be sitting right in front of this man.
  喔，能坐在这个男人的正前方，真是我这辈子的幸运时刻。
• He's a front man for the mafia.
  他是黑手党的负责人。