橘子朗文词典

figurehead

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 ['fiɡəhed'fɪgəhed]
  • 美式音标 [ˈfɪɡ.jɚ.hed]
  • 国际音标 ['fiɡəhed]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 破浪神；有名无实的领袖；装饰船头的人像

同根派生

  • n性质的同根词
    figuration：成形；外形；定形；比喻表达法；图案装饰法。

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • The Nepali Congress party, which led the interim coalition government, wants a figurehead president.
    领导临时联合政府的尼泊尔大会党则希望设立一个傀儡总统。
  • At 81 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。
  • The Labour Party’s leader is struggling to persuade voters, and some of his colleagues, that he is an effective figurehead for the opposition, let alone a plausible prime minister.
    这位工党领袖正在努力让选民及其一些同僚（更不用说还挺像那么回事的首相本人）相信，他实际上是在野党中的傀儡领袖。

    • 权威例句

  • How could a country with such crumbling infrastructure and untested political institutions do well under a figurehead?
    ECONOMIST: Letters

词组短语

    短语

  • figurehead d 名誉领袖;名义领袖;装饰船头的人像;傀儡
  • Figurehead Upgrade 船首相升级
  • LOVE FIGUREHEAD 巫启贤
  • Popular Figurehead 公众名誉领袖
  • figurehead role 名义领袖

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (PERSON) someone who has the position of leader in an organization but who has no real power
  • (MODEL) a painted model, usually of a person, that in the past was attached to the front of a ship

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If someone is the figurehead of an organization or movement, they are recognized as being its leader, although they have little real power.
  • A figurehead is a large wooden model of a person that was put just under the pointed front of a sailing ship in former times.