figurehead
英 ['f?g?hed]
美['f?gj?'h?d]
- n. 破浪神；有名無實的領袖；裝飾船頭的人像
TEM8GRE暢通詞匯TOEFL低頻詞
詞態變化
復數:?figureheads;
中文詞源
figurehead 傀儡
figure, 雕像，象征。head,首領。
英文詞源
- 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.
You may say that the king is still head of the State, and that this is a sufficient basis for loyal feeling; certainly, if he were really so, and not a mere ornamented figure-head on the ship of state. [James Hadley, "Essays Philological and Critical," London, 1873]
雙語例句
- 1. The party's president had become merely a figurehead.
- 該黨的首腦已成了有名無實的首腦.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The President will be little more than a figurehead.
- 總統將不過是個傀儡而已。
來自辭典例句
- 3. The queen of that country is only a figurehead.
- 那個國家的女王只是個有名無實的首腦.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The emperor is a figurehead.
- 那皇帝是有名無實的首腦.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Otherwise Miller would become a dispensable figurehead.
- 否則米勒就會變成可有可無的傀儡.
來自辭典例句