每日商务英语 第130期:办公室闲职

 swivel-chair job 办公室闲职

 

英文释义 

An easy office job with very few real responsibilities(NOTE: a "swivel-chair" is a comfortable executiveoffice chair).

 

例句 The ambitious¹ young man was given a swivel-chair job in his uncle's company, but he left itto find a more challenging position somewhere else.这位有抱负的年轻人曾在他叔叔的公司里担任一个闲职，但后来离开了那里，在别处找到了一个更有挑战性的职位。

1 ambitious   

adj.有雄心的，劲头十足的，有野心的

参考例句：

• One may be poor but never ceases to be ambitious.人穷志不穷。
• He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。