sinecure [ˈsɪnɪkjʊr]

例句:

• Never man...So moulder'd in a sinecure as he.
  来自fig.
• 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。
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Found a sinecure as companion to the son of a wealthy family.
  来自H. Carpenter
• This is in addition to his well compensated feeding at the public trough with his Gorean sinecure.
  来自SA