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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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 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；