front man

英 [frʌnt mæn]

美 [frʌnt mæn]

n.  (尤指名声不佳或不受欢迎的团体或组织的)代言人，头面人物，名誉代表

法律

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指名声不佳或不受欢迎的团体或组织的)代言人，头面人物，名誉代表
  If you say that someone is afront manfor a group or organization, you mean that their role is to represent and give a good impression of it to the public, especially when it is not very respectable or popular.
  1. Tremaine is the company's front man in Washington.
     特里梅因是公司在华盛顿的名誉代表。

英英释义

noun

• a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
  Synonym:frontfigureheadnominal headstraw manstrawman

双语例句

• The directors use the public relations manager as a front man to answer any questions from customers.
  董事们总是请公关经理来应付顾客们提出的问题。
• They're using him for a front man, just for a while, then the Japanese will take over.
  他们利用他充门面，要不了多久，日本人准接过去。
• I'm just the front man, you know.
  我只是挂名的负责人，你知道。
• Rooney strikes fear into defenders across Europe as he continues to add fuel to his status as one of the game's deadliest front man.
  鲁尼让整个欧洲的后卫胆寒，他越发成为世界足坛最致命的杀手。
• But, since he doesn't answer, he must see a black hat on the front man.
  但既然他没有回答，那他一定是看到前面的人帽子是黑色的。
• The front man said that the band were excited about one currently untitled track in particular, Yahoo News reports.
  据雅虎新闻报道，这位主唱说乐队为当前他们正在制作的、还未起好名字的一首歌感到很兴奋。
• Many people stopped in front of the old man and looked at the twenty-five tin soldiers.
  很多人在老先生的面前停下来，观赏这廿五个锡制的士兵。
• He's a front man for the mafia.
  他是黑手党的负责人。
• After it becomes apparent to the front man that neither of the men behind him can answer the question, he realizes the middle man saw a black hat in front of him.
  轮到最前面的人了，他见他后面的两个人都没有猜到他们帽子的颜色，他就猜到了中间的人一定是看到了他戴的帽子颜色为黑色。
• A woman must put on a good show in front of a man.
  女人在男人面前必须要好好表演。