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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's a front man for the mafia.
  他是黑手党的负责人。
• 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！
• He is the front man for a criminal gang.
  他为一个犯罪集团作掩护。