figurehead 的詞源
figurehead(n.)
“leader without real authority”最早在1868年被證明來源於 figure(n.)和 head(n.),also figure-head,最早見於1765年。
You may say that the king is still head of the State, and that this is a sufficient basis for loyal feeling; certainly, if he were really so, and not a mere ornamented figure-head on the ship of state. [James Hadley, "Essays Philological and Critical," London, 1873]
詹姆斯哈德利(James Hadley)在1873年的“語言與批判性論文”(Essays Philological and Critical)中寫道,“你可以說國王仍是國家的首領,這足以產生忠誠的感覺。但是,如果他只是國家艦船上裝飾的假象,那麼這樣的忠誠就沒有意義了。”
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