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English translation for "sinecure"

[ 'sainikjuə ] 
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。
Example Sentences:
1.He had lined up four sinecures that i knew of .
据我所知,他起码有四个挂名头衔。
2.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。
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