figurehead
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT If someone is the figurehead of an organization or movement, they are recognized as being its leader, although they have little real power. 傀儡
The president will be little more than a figurehead. 主蓆將衹不過是個傀儡而已。
2. N-COUNT 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. 艏飾像
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figurehead /?f?ɡ??h?d/ (figureheads)
劍橋詞典
figurehead noun [C] (PERSON)
someone who has the position of leader in an organization but who has no real power
有名無實的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人；傀儡
The president of this company is just a figurehead - the Chief Executive has day-to-day control . 這家公司的董事長衹是個傀儡——日常事務(wù)都是執(zhí)行縂裁控制。
figurehead noun [C] (MODEL)
a painted model , usually of a person , that in the past was attached to the front of a ship
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