Word
featherbed
/ˈfeðəbed/
adjective
担任闲职的
核心释义
holding a job that requires little or no work
用法In use
He has a featherbed job at the government office.
用法提示:形容词作定语,修饰job,表示轻松、无压力的工作。
After years of hard work, she finally got a featherbed position.
用法提示:形容词作定语,修饰position,指不需要太多努力的工作。
The company's featherbed policies led to inefficiency.
用法提示:形容词作定语,修饰policies,指让员工担任闲职的政策。
featherbed + noun
featherbed 作形容词时仅用于名词前,表示职位清闲且薪水优厚。
He was given a featherbed position in the company.
他在公司里得到了一个闲职。
be featherbed
His job is featherbed.
他的工作是闲职。
常见错误Common mistakes
易错句子He got a featherbedded job.正确表达He got a featherbed job.
featherbedded是动词的过去分词形式,表示‘被额外雇佣’,而featherbed作形容词时表示‘闲职的’,应直接使用形容词形式featherbed修饰名词。
易错句子She works in a feather bed department.正确表达She works in a featherbed department.
feather bed是名词短语‘羽绒床’,而featherbed是形容词‘闲职的’,应连写为一个词并用作形容词。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- sinecure
- 闲职 · featherbed是形容词,指担任闲职的;sinecure是名词,指闲职本身。
- featherbedding
- 冗员 · featherbed是形容词,描述职位;featherbedding是名词,指冗员做法。
- overstaffed
- 人员过多的 · featherbed特指职位本身是闲职;overstaffed指整体人员过剩。
词族Word family
- featherbeds
- plural, third person singular
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