1. 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。
2. 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。
3. Japan has a staggering 97 airports, some planned on the basis of fanciful traffic assumptions made by bureaucrats who wanted a retirement sinecure. 目前,日本有97个机场风雨飘摇,而某些是由于一些官僚们想要一份退休闲差而修建的交通空想。
英英解释
n.
1. a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
2. an office that involves minimal duties