hardly a sinecure (=not a sinecure; no sinecure)
繁忙的差事
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。
He landed a sinecure as a consultant for the company.
他得到了公司顾问的闲职。
The position was seen as a sinecure with little actual work involved.
这个职位被视为一种无需实际工作的闲职。
She was given a sinecure in the marketing department.
她在市场部门得到了一个闲职。
The sinecure allowed him plenty of time to pursue his hobbies.
这个闲职让他有足够的时间追求自己的爱好。
The sinecure came with a generous salary and benefits.
这个闲职带来了丰厚的薪水和福利。
The sinecure was offered to him as a favor from a friend.
这个闲职是他的朋友的一种恩惠。
She accepted the sinecure knowing it would be an easy job.
她接受了这个闲职，知道这将是一份轻松的工作。
The sinecure was created specifically for him due to his connections.
这个闲职是因为他的关系而专门为他设立的。
He treated the sinecure as a stepping stone to a more challenging role.
他把这个闲职当作通往更具挑战性角色的垫脚石。
The sinecure allowed her to maintain a work-life balance.
这个闲职让她能够保持工作与生活的平衡。
He stood for a rotten borough and he took on a sinecure in government himself.
他代表着一个有名无实的衰败选区，并在政府中为自己谋取了一个领干薪的闲差。
Source: The Economist - ArtsHe condemned parliamentary sinecures and argued that too many ministers were in the pocket of the Crown.
他谴责议会中的尸位素餐者，并争辩说太多的大臣来自国王的口袋名单。
Source: The Economist - ArtsIn African countries such as Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda teaching is all too often a sinecure , not a vocation.
在非洲国家如加纳，尼日利亚和乌干达，老师只是一个闲职，而非真正的工作。
Source: The Economist - InternationalLife was not a task to him, but a sinecure.
生活对他来说不是任务， 而是闲差。
Source: Adam Bede (Volume Four)And Prigozhin will go to some sort of weird sinecure in exile in Belarus.
普里戈任将在白俄罗斯流亡期间从事某种奇怪的闲职。
Source: Financial Times PodcastSo far as work went I enjoyed a complete sinecure; I had nothing to do but to walk about the valley, to eat, and to sleep.
就工作而言，我享有完全的闲职。我无事可做，只能在山谷里走来走去，吃饭睡觉。
Source: Three mysterious peopleThe most sacred trusts are then considered as sinecures, because they were procured by interest, and only sought to enable a man to keep GOOD COMPANY.
最神圣的托拉斯被认为是闲职， 因为它们是通过利息获得的， 只是为了让一个人能够保持良好的伙伴关系。
Source: Defending Feminism (Part 2)By thus uniting their fortunes, living on good terms, and profiting by sinecures, the two families might occupy the hotel d'Aubrion with an income of over a hundred thousand francs.
通过这样统一他们的财富，过上良好的生活，并从中获利，这两个家庭可能会以超过十万法郎的收入占据奥布里昂酒店。
Source: Eugénie GrandetMost of them were in business, it was true, and several were converting the heathen of China or America to a nebulous protestantism; but a few, he found, were working constructively at jobs that were neither sinecures nor routines.
的确，他们中的大多数人都在做生意，还有一些人正在将中国或美国的异教徒转变为模糊的新教；但他发现，有少数人在既非闲职也非例行公事的工作中发挥建设性作用。
Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)hardly a sinecure (=not a sinecure; no sinecure)
繁忙的差事
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。
He landed a sinecure as a consultant for the company.
他得到了公司顾问的闲职。
The position was seen as a sinecure with little actual work involved.
这个职位被视为一种无需实际工作的闲职。
She was given a sinecure in the marketing department.
她在市场部门得到了一个闲职。
The sinecure allowed him plenty of time to pursue his hobbies.
这个闲职让他有足够的时间追求自己的爱好。
The sinecure came with a generous salary and benefits.
这个闲职带来了丰厚的薪水和福利。
The sinecure was offered to him as a favor from a friend.
这个闲职是他的朋友的一种恩惠。
She accepted the sinecure knowing it would be an easy job.
她接受了这个闲职，知道这将是一份轻松的工作。
The sinecure was created specifically for him due to his connections.
这个闲职是因为他的关系而专门为他设立的。
He treated the sinecure as a stepping stone to a more challenging role.
他把这个闲职当作通往更具挑战性角色的垫脚石。
The sinecure allowed her to maintain a work-life balance.
这个闲职让她能够保持工作与生活的平衡。
He stood for a rotten borough and he took on a sinecure in government himself.
他代表着一个有名无实的衰败选区，并在政府中为自己谋取了一个领干薪的闲差。
Source: The Economist - ArtsHe condemned parliamentary sinecures and argued that too many ministers were in the pocket of the Crown.
他谴责议会中的尸位素餐者，并争辩说太多的大臣来自国王的口袋名单。
Source: The Economist - ArtsIn African countries such as Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda teaching is all too often a sinecure , not a vocation.
在非洲国家如加纳，尼日利亚和乌干达，老师只是一个闲职，而非真正的工作。
Source: The Economist - InternationalLife was not a task to him, but a sinecure.
生活对他来说不是任务， 而是闲差。
Source: Adam Bede (Volume Four)And Prigozhin will go to some sort of weird sinecure in exile in Belarus.
普里戈任将在白俄罗斯流亡期间从事某种奇怪的闲职。
Source: Financial Times PodcastSo far as work went I enjoyed a complete sinecure; I had nothing to do but to walk about the valley, to eat, and to sleep.
就工作而言，我享有完全的闲职。我无事可做，只能在山谷里走来走去，吃饭睡觉。
Source: Three mysterious peopleThe most sacred trusts are then considered as sinecures, because they were procured by interest, and only sought to enable a man to keep GOOD COMPANY.
最神圣的托拉斯被认为是闲职， 因为它们是通过利息获得的， 只是为了让一个人能够保持良好的伙伴关系。
Source: Defending Feminism (Part 2)By thus uniting their fortunes, living on good terms, and profiting by sinecures, the two families might occupy the hotel d'Aubrion with an income of over a hundred thousand francs.
通过这样统一他们的财富，过上良好的生活，并从中获利，这两个家庭可能会以超过十万法郎的收入占据奥布里昂酒店。
Source: Eugénie GrandetMost of them were in business, it was true, and several were converting the heathen of China or America to a nebulous protestantism; but a few, he found, were working constructively at jobs that were neither sinecures nor routines.
的确，他们中的大多数人都在做生意，还有一些人正在将中国或美国的异教徒转变为模糊的新教；但他发现，有少数人在既非闲职也非例行公事的工作中发挥建设性作用。
Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)Explore frequently searched vocabulary
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