nominal

1. ADJ You use nominal to indicate that someone or something is supposed to have a particular identity or status, but in reality does not have it. 名義上的

As he was still not allowed to run a company, his wife became its nominal head. 由于他仍未獲準管理公司，他的妻子就成了公司名義上的老板。

2. nominallyADV 在名義上

The sultan was still nominally the chief of staff. 蘇丹在名義上仍是軍隊領導人。

The road is nominally under the control of UN peacekeeping troops. 那條路名義上是在聯(lián)合國維和部隊的控制之下。

3. ADJ A nominal price or sum of money is very small in comparison with the real cost or value of the thing that is being bought or sold. (價格、金額) 象征性的[ADJ n]

I am prepared to sell my shares at a nominal price. 我準備以低價賣掉我的股票。

4. ADJ In economics, the nominal value, rate, or level of something is the one expressed in terms of current prices or figures, without taking into account general changes in prices that take place over time. 票面上的[ADJ n]

Inflation would be lower and so nominal rates would be more attractive in real terms. 通貨膨脹將要降低，所以名義匯率實際上會更有吸引力。