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

• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm just the front man, you know.
  我只是挂名的负责人，你知道。
• Wayne Rooney takes satisfaction in reported interest from the world's other top clubs that has come with his outstanding recent form, but the Reds front man has no intention of leaving United.
  鲁尼很高兴有报道说世界上其他豪门球队对他现在火热的状态感兴趣的报道，但曼联前锋没打算转会。
• At Barnsley, Anderson told me to get in front of my man at the near post for a corner, and I managed to head it in.
  在巴恩斯利，安德森跟我说球会发到近角，让我甩掉后卫。
• 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！
• 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。
• There is a chair in front of the young man.
  在年轻人的前面有一把椅子。