sinecure

noun

1. 闲职；挂名职位
   a job that you are paid for even though it involves little or no work

1. N-COUNT (拿薪水却很少工作或担负责任的)闲职，挂名职位
   A sinecure is a job for which you receive payment but which does not involve much work or responsibility.
   1. She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.
      她给他找了一个级别很高的闲职：国会图书馆研究员。
   2. ...a lucrative sinecure with a big law firm.
      在一家大型法律事务所从事的悠闲自得的肥差

1. She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.
   她给他找了一个级别很高的闲职：国会图书馆研究员。
2. This job's no sinecure, believe me.
   这份工作决不是挂名闲差，相信我吧。
3. He has lots of plans for a turnround but already his old hot seat at Boeing, where he was chief executive, must be looking like a sinecure.
   穆拉利拥有大量扭转困境的方案，但与现在相比，他过去在波音（boeing）如坐针毡的首席执行官职位，肯定算是薪酬丰厚的闲职了。

noun

1. an office that involves minimal duties

2. a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached