Skip to main content
EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

sinecure

/sahy-ni-kyoor, sin-i-/US // ˈsaɪ nɪˌkyʊər, ˈsɪn ɪ- //UK // (ˈsaɪnɪˌkjʊə) //

闲职,干部职务,干部职位,干俸

Related Words

pushover推动者,逼迫者,促成者,逼迫babe in the woods树林中的宝贝,树林里的宝贝,森林中的宝贝,树林中的婴儿soft touch柔软的触感,柔和的触感,柔和的触摸,软触摸toast敬酒,祝酒词,敬酒词,敬酒会vulnerable脆弱的,脆弱,弱势,易受伤害lamb羔羊,羔羊肉,羊肉,羔羊皮dead duck死鸭子,死鸭子嘴硬,死鸭子上架,死鸭子嘴软dead meat死肉,死人肉,死尸,死人的肉

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
    • : an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insitting duck
Forms: sinecures
Synonyms
pushover推动者,逼迫者,促成者,逼迫babe in the woods树林中的宝贝,树林里的宝贝,森林中的宝贝,树林中的婴儿dead duck死鸭子,死鸭子嘴硬,死鸭子上架,死鸭子嘴软dead meat死肉,死人肉,死尸,死人的肉easy pickings容易采摘,容易采到的东西,容易采摘的东西,易如反掌easy victim容易受害,易受害者,易受害,易受伤害lamb羔羊,羔羊肉,羊肉,羔羊皮soft touch柔软的触感,柔和的触感,柔和的触摸,软触摸toast敬酒,祝酒词,敬酒词,敬酒会vulnerable脆弱的,脆弱,弱势,易受伤害

Examples

  • But, while the title was supposed to be a sinecure, instead Smith went from running for the nation’s highest office to running around trying to rent the highest offices.

  • The job is often a sinecure offered to widely admired figures.

  • By the time of the Reform Bill, a sinecure had become an anachronism.

  • The business of the worthy padres among them must be a perfect sinecure.

  • But the man who accepts the position of Indian Agent and conscientiously attends to its duties has no sinecure on his hands.

  • Tom, however, took his knocks with a good grace, and reaped all the advantage possible out of his dangerous sinecure.

  • The dean is the presiding officer in chapel: his business is to pull up the absentees—no sinecure, it is said.

Level 4Browse all words →