figureheads

英 [ˈfɪgəhɛdz]

美 [ˈfɪgjərˌhɛdz]

n.  有名无实的领导人; 傀儡; (过去的)艏饰像
figurehead的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 有名无实的首脑;傀儡
  If someone is thefigureheadof an organization or movement, they are recognized as being its leader, although they have little real power.
  1. The President will be little more than a figurehead.
     总统将不过是个傀儡而已。
• (旧时的)艏饰像
  Afigureheadis a large wooden model of a person that was put just under the pointed front of a sailing ship in former times.

双语例句

• Every period of market madness, whether up or down, has its figureheads.
  无论是上涨还是下跌，每一段市场疯狂期都有其代表人物。
• If city-dwellers believe that mayors will be costly figureheads, they are likely to vote against them.
  如果市民认为市长们只会成为昂贵的傀儡，那么他们很可能投票反对这些市长。
• A carved figure on the prow of a ship. I saw the most wonderful figureheads that had all been far over the ocean.
  船头雕饰在船头的雕刻图象我看到了最最漂亮的船头雕饰，这些船都出过远洋。