sinecure
['saini,kjuə, 'sinu-]
n. 闲职；挂名职务
参考例子
1.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。
2.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。
3.Japan has a staggering 97 airports, some planned on the basis of fanciful traffic assumptions made by bureaucrats who wanted a retirement sinecure.
目前，日本有97个机场风雨飘摇，而某些是由于一些官僚们想要一份退休闲差而修建的交通空想。
英文解释
n.
1.a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
2.an office that involves minimal duties
网络释义
sinecure
闲职; 拿乾薪; 闲差; 职位;
salary drawn from a sinecure
干薪;