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

• 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。
• There is a chair in front of the young man.
  在年轻人的前面有一把椅子。
• One school sees him as the leading cheerleader for Toyota Motor ( TM), a laughing and smiling front man for a company that has been struggling more than usual the past few years.
  有些人将他视为丰田汽车（ToyotaMotor）的啦啦队长，在过去几年间负责代表这家深陷困境的企业抛头露面，对公众笑脸相迎。
• 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。
• 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。
• Although they had a string of drummers, the drummer that stayed with the band longest was Dave Grohl, now the front man of another super rock band, the Foo Fighters.
  他们曾频频更换鼓手，其中与乐队共事最久的鼓手是戴夫·格罗尔，他现在在另一支超级摇滚乐队&喷火战机乐队担任主唱。
• 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；
• He has been an early exponent of other imported ideas: last year he was the front man for the Russian version of the reality television show, "the apprentice".
  他是其他舶来品的早期拥护者：去年他就是俄罗斯版电视真人秀《学徒》的负责人。
• He is the front man for a criminal gang.
  他为一个犯罪集团作掩护。
• 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。