sinecure

英式音标：[ˈsɪnɪkjʊə(r)]

美式音标：[ˈsɪnɪkjʊr]

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概况：

n. 闲职；挂名职务

词义：

n.

工作清闲但报酬优厚的职位，挂名的好差事；

变形

复数：sinecures

英英释义

sinecure[ 'saini,kjuə, 'sinu- ]

n.

a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached

an office that involves minimal duties

用法：

权威例句

A Sinecure for Your Thoughts

Hybrid System Verification Is Not a Sinecure

Self-Interest and Sinecure: Why Law School Can't Be 'Fixed' from Within

Correcte interpretatie van warmtebeelden geen sinecure

Medvedev: not a single post in United Russia is sinecure

Maximaal één jaar voor elke aanleg. Geen(s’) sinecure

Hybrid System Verification Is not a Sinecure - the Electronic Throttle Control Case Study

HYBRID SYSTEM VERIFICATION IS NOT A SINECURE — THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL CASE STUDY

Bijkomende dienstverlening en btwvrijstellingen: zeker geen sinecure

MEDVEDEV: NOT A SINGLE POSITION IN UNITED RUSSIA PARTY IS SINECURE; THERE WILL BE COMPETITION FOR POSTS IN ITS LEADERSHIP

英语词源：

sinecure

sinecure: [17] Sinecure means literally ‘without cure’. It comes from the Latin phrase beneficium sine cūrā ‘benefice without cure’, that is to say an ecclesiastical office that does not involve the cure of souls (looking after people’s spiritual welfare), the usual duty of a priest. Hence it came to be applied to any appointment that involves payment for no work.

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)).

造句：

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。

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2. There are uncomfortable lessons here. First, success is not a sinecure.

现在来总结一下诺基亚的教训：第一，成功不能靠吃老本。

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3. 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。

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4. Former executives at Fannie Mae may no longer be thinking of their positions at the government-backed mortgage-lending agency as the cosy political sinecure it was once widely believed to be.

以前人们通常认为任职于FANNIEMAE这个政府支持的抵押贷款中介是个舒服的政治闲差，如今它的前主管不再这样想。

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5. Former executives at Fannie Mae may no longer be thinking of their positions at the government-backed mortgage-lending agency as the cosy political sinecure it was once widely believed to be.

以前人们通常认为任职于FANNIEMAE这个政府支持的抵押贷款中介是个舒服的政治闲差，如今它的前主管不再这样想。

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