sinecure

n.工作清闲但报酬优厚的职位，挂名的好差事

noun

1. 闲职；挂名职位
   a job that you are paid for even though it involves little or no work

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1. She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.
   她给他找了一个级别很高的闲职：国会图书馆研究员。
2. This job's no sinecure, believe me.
   这份工作决不是挂名闲差，相信我吧。
3. He has lots of plans for a turnround but already his old hot seat at Boeing, where he was chief executive, must be looking like a sinecure.
   穆拉利拥有大量扭转困境的方案，但与现在相比，他过去在波音（boeing）如坐针毡的首席执行官职位，肯定算是薪酬丰厚的闲职了。