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
- 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。 - The president is just a figurehead; it's the party leader who has the real power.
总统仅仅是挂名的首脑，党的领导人才真正握有实权。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。