こうこくとう

広告塔
billboard
advertising sign

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こうこくとう【広告塔】

〔設置物〕 a poster column; an advertising pillar [tower]; 〔所属する団体の存在･主張を世間に売り込む役割の人〕 a poster child [boy, girl].

●歩く[空飛ぶ]広告塔 a walking [flying] poster.

●その議員は党の広告塔としてよくテレビに顔を出す. The Diet member often appears on television as a poster boy [girl] for the political party.

・彼女はあとで自分が詐欺商法の広告塔として利用されていたことに気づいた. She later became aware that she had been used as a front for a fraudulent business.