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sinecure ['saini,kjuə, 'sinu-]

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英汉解释

    n. 闲职;挂名职务

参考例句

    1. a sinecure, and consisted simply in a daily care and inspection.
    他在马厩里的工作是个轻闲差使,每天只要去照料照料巡视一番。
    2. He even had a job, a sinecure, more highly-paid than his old job had been.
    他甚至还有一个工作,一个挂名差使,比他原来的工作的待遇要好多了。
    3. Japan has a staggering 97 airports, some planned on the basis of fanciful traffic assumptions made by bureaucrats who wanted a retirement sinecure.
    目前,日本有97个机场风雨飘摇,而某些是由于一些官僚们想要一份退休闲差而修建的交通空想。

英英解释

    n.
      1. a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
      2. an office that involves minimal duties

网络释义

    sinecure
    闲职; 拿乾薪; 闲差; 职位;
    salary drawn from a sinecure
    干薪;


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