Word
featherbed
/ˈfeðəbed/
adjective
担任闲职的
holding a job that requires little or no work
In use
He has a featherbed job at the government office.
After years of hard work, she finally got a featherbed position.
The company's featherbed policies led to inefficiency.
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。
Common mistakes
He got a featherbedded job.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。
She works in a feather bed department.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。
Connections
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。
Word family
- featherbeds
- plural, third person singular
- featherbedded
- past, past participle
- featherbedding
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.