1. a sinecure, and consisted simply in a daily care and inspection.

 

　　他在馬廄里的工作是個輕閑差使，每天只要去照料照料巡視一番。

 

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

 

　　他甚至還有一個工作，一個掛名差使，比他原來的工作的待遇要好多了。

 

　　3. Japan has a staggering 97 airports, some planned on the basis of fanciful traffic assumptions made by bureaucrats who wanted a retirement sinecure.

 

　　目前，日本有97個機場風雨飄搖，而某些是由于一些官僚們想要一份退休閑差而修建的交通空想。