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
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.- 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。
- Tremaine is the company's front man in Washington.
英英释义
noun
- a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
双语例句
- I'm just the front man, you know.
我只是挂名的负责人，你知道。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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！