sinecure是什么意思

2024-02-09 14:06:17

sinecure

美[saɪnɪkjʊr] 英[sɪnɪkjʊə(r)]

n. 挂名职务；闲差事；<古> 领干薪的牧师职位

名词：sinecurism

近义词：plum，softoption，doddle，

n.(名词)

adj.(形容词)

Noun

This is hardly a [not a, no] sinecure. 这哪里是 [不是] 闲差事((很忙))。
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。
Sinecure---A job or position requiring little work but usually providing some income. N. 工作清闲而报酬丰厚的职位。
His stable services were merely 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。
Just three years later, he gave up what could have been a lifetime sinecure to enroll in the St.Petersburg Music Conservatory . 仅仅3年之后，他放弃了一个可能成为终身铁饭碗的职位，而进入了圣彼得音乐学院就读。
The head of the Federal Security Bureau, the KGBs successor, Nikolai Patrushev, has been pushed into a sinecure at the Security Council and replaced by a younger deputy. 联邦安全局-即KGB的接替部门-的领导NikolaiPatrushev被放置到安全委员会的一个闲职上，替代他的是一个年轻的副职。