sinecure

He even had a job, a sinecure, more highly-paid than his old job had been.(他甚至还有一个工作，一个挂名差使，比他原来的工作的待遇要好多了。)

The head of the Federal Security Bureau, the KGB's successor, Nikolai Patrushev, has been pushed into a sinecure at the Security Council and replaced by a younger deputy.(联邦安全局-即KGB的接替部门-的领导NikolaiPatrushev被放置到安全委员会的一个闲职上，替代他的是一个年轻的副职。)

His stable services were merely 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。)

This is hardly a [not a, no] sinecure.(这哪里是[不是]闲差事((很忙))。)

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。)

There are uncomfortable lessons here. First, success is not a sinecure.(现在来总结一下诺基亚的教训：第一，成功不能靠吃老本。)