來自拉丁短語 beneficium sine cura,不用履行牧師職責的聖俸職務，來自 beneficium,聖俸，即 benefice,sine,無，沒有，cura,關心，關切，即 cure.後詞義通俗化為掛名，閑職，吃空餉。
英文詞源
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)).
雙語例句
1. She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.
她給他找了一個級別很高的閑職：國會圖書館研究員。
來自辭典例句
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.
來自英漢文學
3. His stable services were merely a sinecure, and consisted simply in a daily care and inspection.