sinecures

英 [ˈsaɪnɪkjʊəz]

n.  闲职; 挂名职位
sinecure的复数



柯林斯词典

  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

双语例句

  1. There are no sinecures in the auto business.
    汽车业没有清闲舒服的工作。
  2. Then there is the roster of smaller parties that leverage their presence in state and provincial assemblies with an eye on bureaucratic sinecures.
    一些规模较小的政党则利用自身在国会和州议会的存在捞取好处,紧盯着官僚体系内的闲职不放。
  3. The jobs are hard to get, says Mr Zhang, but they are not the cushy sinecures that many assume.
    张民富表示,政府工作不好找,但这些职位并不是很多人想象中的清闲美差。
  4. He had lined up four sinecures that I knew of.
    据我所知,他起码有四个挂名头衔。
  5. We chatted about this and that, and he said how much he was enjoying his assortment of sinecures non-executive directorships, speaking engagements and so on.
    我们聊了很多,他谈到自己是多么喜爱现在各种各样的闲差担任非执行董事,应邀演讲等等。