| 单词 | figurehead |
| 释义 | figurehead (once / 9307 pages) 1n 2n 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. A ceremonial president or king — one installed as a symbolic head of a country, while someone else holds the real power — is one type of figurehead. If a retiring businesswoman promotes her son to be the new CEO of her company, while putting a different person in charge of running the business, the son is just a figurehead. The word figurehead comes from its original meaning, the figures carved at the front of old sailing ships. WORD FAMILYfigurehead: figureheads USAGE EXAMPLESHe also leaves his party without a clear figurehead as he leaves the White House. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Looking ahead to activism during Trump’s administration, she hailed a “new burst of feminist energy” in the younger generations that is producing fresh national figureheads. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) Yes, it was a figurehead position, but it meant something to me. The Guardian(Dec 03, 2016) 1 n a person used as a cover for some questionable activity 2Syn|Hyper front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster someone who leads you to believe something that is not true n figure on the bow of some sailing vessels Hyper figure a model of a bodily form (especially of a person) |
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