1. (拿薪水卻很少工作或擔負責任的)閑職,掛名職位 A sinecure is a job for which you receive payment but which does not involve much work or responsibility.
e.g. She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress. 她給他找了一個(gè)級別很高的閑職:國會(huì )圖書(shū)館研究員。 e.g. ...a lucrative sinecure with a big law firm. 在一家大型法律事務(wù)所從事的悠閑自得的肥差
sinecure英英釋義
noun
1. an office that involves minimal duties
2. a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached