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

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。
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。
Look at the personal side of that boss rather than as a figurehead.
要看到上司人性的一面，而不是只是一个概念化的老板。
He says bin Laden was not only a figurehead or strategist, as some people had thought.
他说，本。拉登并不是如一些人所认为的那样只是一名傀儡首脑或战略家。
Typically, an Enterprise Architect is seen as a key figurehead, the bridge between business and IT.
一般，企业架构师被看作是重要的头衔，业务和IT之间的桥梁。
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。
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。
The emperor is a figurehead.
那皇帝是有名无实的首脑。
At81 he could only be a figurehead or "caretaker" director-general say diplomats, who also point to a rigorous Egyptian campaign against him.
外交人士说，81岁的他只能成为一个有名无实的或者“临时代理的”总干事，他们还指出，埃及坚决反对他参选。
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。