sinecure

英 ['s?n?kj??(r)] 美['sa?n?kj?r]

暢通詞匯GRE

復數:?sinecures;

sinecure 掛名，閑職

來自拉丁短語 beneficium sine cura,不用履行牧師職責的圣俸職務，來自 beneficium,圣俸，即 benefice,sine,無，沒有，cura,關心，關切，即 cure.后詞義通俗化為掛名，閑職，吃空餉。

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)).

1. She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.: 她給他找了一個級別很高的閑職：國會圖書館研究員。

2. He even had a job, a sinecure, more highly - paid than his old job had been.: 他甚至還有一個工作, 一個掛名差使,比他原來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.: 他在馬廄里的工作是個輕閑差使, 每天只要去照料照料巡視一番.