Sinecure
[ 'saɪnɪkjʊr ]
出国 Abroad
n. 工作清闲但报酬优厚的职位，挂名的好差事;
📝 例句
salary drawn for a sinecure
干薪
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。
Hold a sinecure job and eat white rice
尸位素餐
hardly a sinecure=not a sinecure;no sinecure)
繁忙的差事
This is hardly a [not a, no] sinecure.
这哪里是 [不是] 闲差事((很忙))。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ sine-since自从,cure-治疗:自从医院不愿治疗后,开始闲职在家
※ sin-罪过,e-前缀“出”,cure-治愈:牧师有份美差就是让人把自己犯的罪讲出来以到达治愈心理失衡的目的
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
sinecure
n
position that requires no work or responsibility, but gives the holder prestige or money 无工作或责任而领乾薪的职位; 挂名职位.
🔁 扩展释义
*['saini,kjuә]n. 闲职【经】 领干俸的职位
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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If you don't finish your homework, you'll be in big, big trouble.
如果你不完成作业，你就有大麻烦了。
Kindness will creep where it may not go.
仁慈可进入任何禁地。
We regard the matter as nothing important.
我们认为这件事情不重要。