Yet he still seemed cast as a figurehead in his newly freed country-a fate tantamount , he said , to keeping charles de gaulle on the sidelines after the general had freed france .
The new leader may emerge as a mere figurehead for a cluster of generals and other bosses .
对一群将军和其他权贵们而言,新领袖可能只是一个有名无实的领导人。
However , col gaddafi 's death at least has the merit of depriving the remnants of the old regime of a figurehead to rally round .
不过,卡扎菲被打死至少有一个好处,那就是使旧政权的余党失去了一个可以拥戴的挂名首脑。
The labour party 's leader is struggling to persuade voters , and some of his colleagues , that he is an effective figurehead for the opposition , let alone a plausible prime minister .