front man

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  • 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

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    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.

    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。

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a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Synonym: front figurehead nominal head straw man strawman

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  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. I 'm just the front man , you know .

    我只是挂名的负责人,你知道。

  3. He is the front man for a criminal gang .

    他为一个犯罪集团作掩护。

  4. 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。

  5. Jackson , a natural performer , soon became the group 's front man .

    杰克逊,一个自然的表演者,很快就成为队里的领头人物。

  6. 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。

  7. 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。

  8. 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。

  9. He 's a front man for the mafia .

    他是黑手党的负责人。

  10. 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。

  11. Nirvana 's front man Kurt Cobain is often cited as the voice of his generation .

    涅盘乐队主唱科特·柯本通常被认为是他那一代的代表声音。

  12. The repackaging of Mr. Jermyn as a fashion front man comes at a time of increased fascination with homelessness .

    将杰米恩包装成前卫人士的事是在无家可归现象日益引起社会关注的背景下产生的。

  13. 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。

  14. In the middle of the second song at a concert in Sweden last weekend , Foo Fighters " front man Dave Grohl fell off the stage .

    上周末在瑞典,就在演唱第二首歌时,喷火战机乐队主唱大卫·格鲁摔下舞台。

  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. Lynyrd Skynyrd 's infamously fatal plane crash and the death of Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant 's son also followed soon after performances of Johnson 's musical monster .

    同样在演唱完约翰逊那首受诅咒的歌曲后不久,林纳德·斯金纳德乐队经历了空难变故,齐柏林飞船乐队主唱罗伯特·普兰特之子夭折。

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. 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。

  21. 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。

  22. In a 2005 piece in the Times , Jon Pareles called the British rock group Coldplay " the most insufferable band of the decade , " and he placed the blame on the band 's front man and singer , Chris Martin , whom he called a " passive-aggressive blowhard . " Earlier this year ,

    2005年的一期泰晤士报中,乔恩帕雷利斯(JonPareles)把英国摇滚组合酷玩乐队称为“十年内最难以忍受的乐队”,而且归咎于乐队的名誉负责人和歌手马丁,并称他做“消极好斗的吹牛大王”。

  23. 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。

  24. 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。

  25. 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。

  26. 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。

  27. I do not remember , now , what that thing is that is in front of the man who is running , but I think it is a haystack or a woman .

    现在,我记不清奔跑的那个人前面是什么东西了,不过我想那可一是堆干草,或者是个女人。

  28. 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。

  29. Some dancers have immense panache , clacking sticks with the man in front and the man behind in swoops and stylized sword-fighting moves .

    一些舞者架势十足,抡起自己手中的长棍,去碰触身前或者身后的男人手中的长棍,其动作犹如击剑,颇为有型。

  30. Now he is in front of the young man .

    很快便超过了年轻人。