figurehead 英 [ˈfɪgəhed] 　 美 [ˈfɪgjərhed]

figurehead

figurehead　 英 [ˈfɪgəhed] 美 [ˈfɪgjərhed]

n. 破浪神；有名无实的领袖；装饰船头的人像　

名词复数:figureheads　

Correspondents say that although he has become a leading figurehead of the opposition, protesters have not yet called for him to be their leader.　通讯员报道说即使他已经成为了反对派的领袖，抗议者仍然没有要求他成为抗议者的领袖。

  • A figurehead is someone who appears to be in charge, but who really holds very little influence. In many countries today, kings and queens are merely figureheads.
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  • n. 破浪神；有名无实的领袖；装饰船头的人像

  • 1. Correspondents say that although he has become a leading figurehead of the opposition, protesters have not yet called for him to be their leader.

    通讯员报道说即使他已经成为了反对派的领袖，抗议者仍然没有要求他成为抗议者的领袖。

  • figurehead (n.) also figure-head, 1765, from figure (n.) + head (n.). The ornament on the projecting part of the head of a ship, immediately under the bowsprit; sense of "leader without real authority" is first attested 1868.
fig·ure·head / ˈfɪɡəhed ; NAmE ˈfɪɡjərhed / noun 1 a person who is in a high position in a country or an organization but who has no real power or authority 有名无实的领导人；傀儡 2 a large wooden statue, usually representing a woman, that used to be fixed to the front end of a ship （过去的）艏饰像 figurehead figureheads fig·ure·head / ˈfɪɡəhed ; NAmE ˈfɪɡjərhed /
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