sleeping partner

noun

1. 隐名合伙人，隐名股东（在企业中有股份但不参与经营）
   a person who has put money into a business company but who is not actually involved in running it

1. 不参与实际经营的合伙人;匿名合伙人
   A sleeping partner is a person who provides some of the capital for a business but who does not take an active part in managing the business.

in AM, use 美国英语用 silent partner

1. When couples first start sleeping together, they are willing to sacrifice comfort to be close to their partner.
   当夫妻俩人开始第一次睡在一起，他们都愿意为对方的舒适做出牺牲。
2. The partnership jurisprudence concerning the issues of civil subjective status, assets, liability assumption, form of partnership, sleeping partner and limited partner is more worth researching.
   在立法方面，合伙的定义与形式、法人合伙、民事主体地位、责任承担、隐名合伙与有限合伙等问题有待完善。
3. It's still as usual. Practicing, eating, sleeping, and practicing. I have no fixed partner in practicing.
   跟平常一样，训练吃饭睡觉然后继续训练。我没有固定的陪练。
4. It found that wives who have difficulty sleeping reported more'negative interactions'with their partner the following day, and fewer positive ones.
   这一研究发现失眠的太太会在次日跟丈夫有更多的“消极互动”，正面的互动则会减少。
5. Nelly: She's probably afraid I'll tell people she's sleeping with her dad's junior partner.
   她可能害怕我会告诉别人，她跟她爸爸的下级合伙人上床。
6. Fourteen per cent of women in a relationship said they couldn't face sleeping with their partner unless they had a couple of glasses of wine beforehand.
   在正在恋爱的女性中，14%的人称如果之前不喝几杯酒，就无法和伴侣有床第之欢。

noun

1. a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge

   Synonym:    silent partner