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.
担任闲职的
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担任闲职的
holding a job that requires little or no work
He has a featherbed job at the government office.
他在政府办公室有一份闲职。
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.
经过多年的努力，她终于得到了一份闲职。
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.
公司的闲职政策导致了效率低下。
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 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。
His job is featherbed.
他的工作是闲职。
grammar · medium
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。
grammar · medium
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。
featherbed是形容词，指担任闲职的；sinecure是名词，指闲职本身。
featherbed是形容词，描述职位；featherbedding是名词，指冗员做法。
featherbed特指职位本身是闲职；overstaffed指整体人员过剩。
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