英文词源
- 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)).
中文词源
sinecure：闲职，挂名差事
这是个拉丁借用词。在拉丁文中sine意为without（没有），cura意为care（关心，照管），短语sine cura则是without care（不费心的，不操心的）的意思。英语把这个短语合为一词sinecure，早先用以指教会中不担任教化工作但却领取干薪的牧师职位，现在则泛指工作清闲而报酬优厚的职位，即“闲职”或“挂名差事”。
英语另有几个单词也源出拉丁语cura．如curator，即a person who takes“care”of a museum or library（博物馆或图书馆馆长），curate，即a person who takes“care”of souls（助理牧师），cure，即bring health to sb by taking“care”of him（治愈）。从含义上来看，这三个词和care多少是有联系的。
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sinecure：挂名，闲职
来自拉丁短语 beneficium sine cura,不用履行牧师职责的圣俸职务，来自 beneficium,圣俸，即 benefice,sine,无，没有，cura,关心，关切，即 cure.后词义通俗化为挂名，闲职，吃空饷。