figure-head

柯林斯词典

figurehead /ˈfɪɡəˌhɛd/ (figureheads)

• 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. 主席将只不过是个傀儡而已。

• 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. 艏饰像

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