sinecure
发音
英 [ˈsɪnɪkjʊə(r)]
美 [ˈsɪnɪkjʊr]
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- n.
- 工作清闲但报酬优厚的职位，挂名的好差事
单词词源
sinecure 挂名，闲职
来自拉丁短语 beneficium sine cura,不用履行牧师职责的圣俸职务，来自 beneficium,圣俸，即 benefice,sine,无，没有，cura,关心，关切，即 cure.后词义通俗化为挂名，闲职，吃空饷。
双语例句
- 1. This job 's no sinecure , believe me .
- 这份工作决不是挂名闲差，相信我吧。
- 2. In african countries such as ghana , nigeria and uganda teaching is all too often a sinecure , not a vocation .
- 在非洲国家如加纳，尼日利亚和乌干达，老师只是一个闲职，而非真正的工作。
- 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。
- 4. This is why churchill eventually had him removed from europe and given the sinecure of a colonial governorship in the bahamas , where he could be well-supervised .
- 这就是为什么丘吉尔最终把他从欧洲抓到巴哈马群岛，给了他一个那里的空职，以便好好监管他。