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

  1. 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 a front man for 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。

双语例句

  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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. Oh, it was such an exquisite and lucky moment in my life to be sitting right in front of this man.
    喔,能坐在这个男人的正前方,真是我这辈子的幸运时刻。
  5. 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。
  6. I'm just the front man, you know.
    我只是挂名的负责人,你知道。
  7. Now he is in front of the young man.
    很快便超过了年轻人。
  8. The former adviser now serves as a front man for a large foundation.
    前顾问现在是一个大基金会的名誉负责人。
  9. 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!
  10. 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。
  11. 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;
  12. 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。
  13. There is a chair in front of the young man.
    在年轻人的前面有一把椅子。
  14. He is the front man for a criminal gang.
    他为一个犯罪集团作掩护。
  15. 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。
  16. 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。
  17. He's a front man for the mafia.
    他是黑手党的负责人。
  18. 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。
  19. 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。
  20. 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。
  21. They scramble up half-naked to open the door, fight with their trousers down for their turn at the pot, and don't scruple to strip themselves in front of a man, simply turning slightly away.
    她们会半裸体地起来开门,拎着裤子争夺马桶,将身体稍稍背转一下就公然在男人面前换衣服。
  22. 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。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. 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。
  26. 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。
  27. 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。
  28. 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。
  29. 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。

英英释义

noun

  1. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

      Synonym:    frontfigureheadnominal headstraw manstrawman