hardly a sinecure (=not a sinecure; no sinecure)
繁忙的差事
a sinecure, and consisted simply in a daily care and inspection.
他在馬廄裏的工作是個輕閒差使，每天只要去照料照料巡視一番。
He landed a sinecure as a consultant for the company.
他得到了公司顧問的閒職。
The position was seen as a sinecure with little actual work involved.
這個職位被視爲一種無需實際工作的閒職。
She was given a sinecure in the marketing department.
她在市場部門得到了一個閒職。
The sinecure allowed him plenty of time to pursue his hobbies.
這個閒職讓他有足夠的時間追求自己的愛好。
The sinecure came with a generous salary and benefits.
這個閒職帶來了豐厚的薪水和福利。
The sinecure was offered to him as a favor from a friend.
這個閒職是他的朋友的一種恩惠。
She accepted the sinecure knowing it would be an easy job.
她接受了這個閒職，知道這將是一份輕鬆的工作。
The sinecure was created specifically for him due to his connections.
這個閒職是因爲他的關係而專門爲他設立的。
He treated the sinecure as a stepping stone to a more challenging role.
他把這個閒職當作通往更具挑戰性角色的墊腳石。
The sinecure allowed her to maintain a work-life balance.
這個閒職讓她能夠保持工作與生活的平衡。
He stood for a rotten borough and he took on a sinecure in government himself.
他代表着一個有名無實的衰敗選區，並在政府中爲自己謀取了一個領乾薪的閒差。
來源: The Economist - ArtsHe condemned parliamentary sinecures and argued that too many ministers were in the pocket of the Crown.
他譴責議會中的尸位素餐者，並爭辯說太多的大臣來自國王的口袋名單。
來源: The Economist - ArtsIn African countries such as Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda teaching is all too often a sinecure , not a vocation.
在非洲國家如加納，尼日利亞和烏干達，老師只是一個閒職，而非真正的工作。
來源: The Economist - InternationalLife was not a task to him, but a sinecure.
生活對他來說不是任務， 而是閒差。
來源: Adam Bede (Volume Four)And Prigozhin will go to some sort of weird sinecure in exile in Belarus.
普里戈任將在白俄羅斯流亡期間從事某種奇怪的閒職。
來源: 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，我享有完全的閒職。我無事可做，只能在山谷裏走來走去，喫飯睡覺。
來源: 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.
最神聖的托拉斯被認爲是閒職， 因爲它們是通過利息獲得的， 只是爲了讓一個人能夠保持良好的夥伴關係。
來源: 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.
通過這樣統一他們的財富，過上良好的生活，並從中獲利，這兩個家庭可能會以超過十萬法郎的收入佔據奧布里昂酒店。
來源: 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.
的確，他們中的大多數人都在做生意，還有一些人正在將中國或美國的異教徒轉變爲模糊的新教；但他發現，有少數人在既非閒職也非例行公事的工作中發揮建設性作用。
來源: 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.
他在馬廄裏的工作是個輕閒差使，每天只要去照料照料巡視一番。
He landed a sinecure as a consultant for the company.
他得到了公司顧問的閒職。
The position was seen as a sinecure with little actual work involved.
這個職位被視爲一種無需實際工作的閒職。
She was given a sinecure in the marketing department.
她在市場部門得到了一個閒職。
The sinecure allowed him plenty of time to pursue his hobbies.
這個閒職讓他有足夠的時間追求自己的愛好。
The sinecure came with a generous salary and benefits.
這個閒職帶來了豐厚的薪水和福利。
The sinecure was offered to him as a favor from a friend.
這個閒職是他的朋友的一種恩惠。
She accepted the sinecure knowing it would be an easy job.
她接受了這個閒職，知道這將是一份輕鬆的工作。
The sinecure was created specifically for him due to his connections.
這個閒職是因爲他的關係而專門爲他設立的。
He treated the sinecure as a stepping stone to a more challenging role.
他把這個閒職當作通往更具挑戰性角色的墊腳石。
The sinecure allowed her to maintain a work-life balance.
這個閒職讓她能夠保持工作與生活的平衡。
He stood for a rotten borough and he took on a sinecure in government himself.
他代表着一個有名無實的衰敗選區，並在政府中爲自己謀取了一個領乾薪的閒差。
來源: The Economist - ArtsHe condemned parliamentary sinecures and argued that too many ministers were in the pocket of the Crown.
他譴責議會中的尸位素餐者，並爭辯說太多的大臣來自國王的口袋名單。
來源: The Economist - ArtsIn African countries such as Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda teaching is all too often a sinecure , not a vocation.
在非洲國家如加納，尼日利亞和烏干達，老師只是一個閒職，而非真正的工作。
來源: The Economist - InternationalLife was not a task to him, but a sinecure.
生活對他來說不是任務， 而是閒差。
來源: Adam Bede (Volume Four)And Prigozhin will go to some sort of weird sinecure in exile in Belarus.
普里戈任將在白俄羅斯流亡期間從事某種奇怪的閒職。
來源: 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，我享有完全的閒職。我無事可做，只能在山谷裏走來走去，喫飯睡覺。
來源: 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.
最神聖的托拉斯被認爲是閒職， 因爲它們是通過利息獲得的， 只是爲了讓一個人能夠保持良好的夥伴關係。
來源: 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.
通過這樣統一他們的財富，過上良好的生活，並從中獲利，這兩個家庭可能會以超過十萬法郎的收入佔據奧布里昂酒店。
來源: 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.
的確，他們中的大多數人都在做生意，還有一些人正在將中國或美國的異教徒轉變爲模糊的新教；但他發現，有少數人在既非閒職也非例行公事的工作中發揮建設性作用。
來源: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)探索常見搜尋詞彙