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

• As long as you're fast enough to stay in front of your man, then you can body up on him as long as you want and it'll be an offensive foul.
  只要你能够迅速地跑到你所防守的球员的前面，你就可以对他进行贴身防守，而这通常能够造成对方的进攻犯规。
• You are the God in front of the first man and the queen ahead of the second.
  你在第一个人面前，是神。
• But can we speak so bluntly in front of the poor man!
  但我们似乎不要在他面前说实话！
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm just the front man, you know.
  我只是挂名的负责人，你知道。
• He is the front man for a criminal gang.
  他为一个犯罪集团作掩护。
• The nurse watched in front of the sick man's bed for many nights.
  护士在这病人床前守候好几夜了。看守，守卫；
• 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。
• 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。