中英互译
sinecure
英 /ˈsɪnɪkjʊə(r)/美 /ˈsaɪnɪkjʊr/
基本释义
- n.闲职;挂名职务
复数sinecures
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双语例句
- 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。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- This is hardly a [not a, no] sinecure.这哪里是[不是]闲差事((很忙))。
- 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。
网络短语
- hold a sinecure挂名领干薪;领干薪
- to hold a sinecure尸禄
- salary drawn for a sinecure挂名不工作而领取的薪水;干薪
- Sinecure Consisted Simply轻闲
- sinecure e闲职
英英释义
- n.a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
- n.an office that involves minimal duties
词源
- sinecure闲职,挂名差事这是个拉丁借用词。在拉丁文中sine意为without(没有),cura意为care(关心,照管),短语sine cura则是without care(不费心的,不操心的)的意思。英语把这个短语合为一词sinecure,早先用以指教会中不担任教化工作但却领取干薪的牧师职位,现在则泛指工作清闲而报酬优厚的职位,即“闲职”或“挂名差事”。 英语另有几个单词也源出拉丁语cura.如curator,即a person who takes“care”of a museum or library(博物馆或图书馆馆长),curate,即a person who takes“care”of souls(助理牧师),cure,即bring health to sb by taking“care”of him(治愈)。从含义上来看,这三个词和care多少是有联系的。
- 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。