sinecure

• n.さりげない地位; 役職

ラテン語のbeneficium sine curaというフレーズから、司祭の職務を伴わない聖職の職。beneficium, sacerdotal ministry, すなわち、benefitice, sine, without, no, cura, care, concern, すなわち、cureから。後の語彙的意味は、titularity, idleness, empty payとして広まった。

sinecure

sinecure: [17] Sinecure means literally ‘without cure’. It comes from the Latin phrase beneficium sine cūrā ‘benefice without cure’, that is to say an ecclesiastical office that does not involve the cure of souls (looking after people’s spiritual welfare), the usual duty of a priest. Hence it came to be applied to any appointment that involves payment for no work.

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)).

1. She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.

彼女は彼にレベルの高い閑職を探してくれた：国会図書館研究員。

2.He even had a job，a sinecure ，more highly-paid than his old job had been.

彼には元の仕事よりずっと待遇がいい仕事もある。

3.His stable services were merely a sinecure ，and consisted simply in a daily care and inspection.

厩舎での彼の仕事は気楽な仕事で、毎日世話をして見回るだけだ。

4.This is hardly a[not a，no] sinecure .

これはどこが暇な仕事ではありません（（忙しい））。

5.This is a[not a,no] sinecure .

これはどこが暇な仕事ではありません（（忙しい））。