sinecure

英 ['sɪnɪkjʊə(r)] 美 ['saɪnɪkjʊr]

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sinecure 挂名，闲职

来自拉丁短语 beneficium sine cura,不用履行牧师职责的圣俸职务，来自 beneficium,圣俸，即 benefice,sine,无，没有，cura,关心，关切，即 cure.后词义通俗化为挂名，闲职，吃空饷。

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)).

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1. She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.: 她给他找了一个级别很高的闲职：国会图书馆研究员。

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. His stable services were merely 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.