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

• 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。
• He stumbled over and set a glass down in front of the man.
  他跌跌撞撞地走到那个人面前，递给他一个杯子。
• 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！
• 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；
• 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。
• He is the front man for a criminal gang.
  他为一个犯罪集团作掩护。
• After it becomes apparent to the middle man that the back man can't figure out what he's wearing, he knows that there is at least one black hat worn by himself and the front man.
  中间那个人见最后那个人不能猜出自己帽子的颜色，就知道在自己和自己前面的人中至少有一个帽子的颜色是黑色的。
• The woman controlled my front way while the man controlled my side way of escaping from the shoe-site.
  当我在换鞋的时候，那女的控制了我前面的出路，男的控制了我侧面的出路。
• I'm just the front man, you know.
  我只是挂名的负责人，你知道。
• 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。