1. 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。

 

　　2. 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。

 

　　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个机场风雨飘摇，而某些是由于一些官僚们想要一份退休闲差而修建的交通空想。