sinecure meaning in English
n.
闲职，挂名差事，〔尤指〕领干薪的牧师职。 hardly a sinecure＝ not a sinecure＝ no sinecure 繁忙的差事。
n.
-curist
冗员；担任挂名差事的人；领干薪的牧师。
Examples
- He had lined up four sinecures that i knew of .
据我所知，他起码有四个挂名头衔。 - He took away salaries from a number of men who held obvious sinecures , saying there was nothing meaner , nay more unfeeling , than the man who nibbled at the revenues of the state without giving any service in return ; for the same reason , also , he reduced the salary of mesomedes , the lyric poet
他撤销了许多明显的闲差的薪水，说这些既无意义，又无感情，而这些人蚕食政府的收入，却不作出任何服务；因为相同的理由，也减少了蒙梭密德斯，抒情诗人的薪水。