单词 | sinecure |
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音标 | ['sainikjuə] |
解释 | n.挂名差事,闲职 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.挂名差事,闲职(an office or position that requires little or no work and that usu. provides an income) 【考】 反义词:arduous employment(费力的职 业) 【记】 sine(无)+cure(关心 )→不用关心的职位→ 闲职 |
字源 | sinecure (n.) 1660s, "church benefice with an emolument but without parish duties," from Medieval Latin beneficium sine cura "benefice without care" (of souls), from Latin sine "without" (see sans) + cura, ablative singular of cura "care" (see cure (n.1)). |
不择手段背单词 | n. (工作清闲而报酬丰厚的)挂名差事, 闲职 【记】sine = sin罪孽, e, cure关心-只关心罪孽的职位, 原指: 领干薪的牧师职位, 一个与教士的精神职责无关的职位, 只要不犯错就行-闲职 【反】arduous employment(费力的职业) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】sin 罪,(宗教或道德上的)罪孽 + cure 治疗,治疗道德上犯的罪孽的,比如牧师躲在小格间里听人忏悔,提供精神上的指导与建议,算是一个闲职(实际该词是与教士精神职责无关的教会职位) |
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