sinecure 英 [ˈsɪnɪkjʊə(r)] 　 美 [ˈsɪnɪkjʊr]

sinecure

sinecure　 英 [ˈsɪnɪkjʊə(r)] 美 [ˈsɪnɪkjʊr]

n. 闲职；挂名职务　

名词复数:sinecures　

Given the 80-hour weeks he puts in, the hospital might look like a sinecure.　放弃了数周以来每周80小时的投入，医院的工作就像一份闲职。

  • If you have a cushy job — one that pays, but involves minimal work — then you have a sinecure. "Because he was the brother of the CEO, he was offered a sinecure in the company: he showed up each day and collected a pay check, but others actually did his work."
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  • n. 闲职；挂名职务

  • 1. Given the 80-hour weeks he puts in, the hospital might look like a sinecure.

    放弃了数周以来每周80小时的投入，医院的工作就像一份闲职。

  • sinecure (n.) 1660s, "church benefice with an emolument but without parish duties," from Medieval Latin beneficium sine cura "benefice without care" (of souls), from Latin sine "without" (see sans) + cura, ablative singular of cura "care" (see cure (n.1)).
sine·cure / ˈsɪnɪkjʊə(r) ; ˈsaɪnɪkjʊər ; NAmE ˈsaɪnɪkjʊr / noun ( formal) a job that you are paid for even though it involves little or no work 闲职；挂名职位 sinecure sinecures sine·cure / ˈsɪnɪkjʊə(r) ; ˈsaɪnɪkjʊər ; NAmE ˈsaɪnɪkjʊr /
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