[ shīwèisùcān ] feed at the public trough; enjoy the emolument of office without merit; entrench oneself in a position and do no useful work; get pay without doing any work; hold a sinecure job and eat white rice; hold down a job without doing a stroke of work; hold on to one's post while doing nothing; occupy a post without doing a stroke of work; neglect the duties of an office while taking the pay; take pay but neglect the office
Example Sentences:
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There is too much dead wood among the teaching staff . 教师中尸位素餐者很多。
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Who can help the under - performing , over - compensated chief executive fighting to survive intrusivejournalists , independent shareholders and ambitious vice - presidents whocould do a better job 谁可以给这些尸位素餐的管理人员们指明前进的方向，让他们能够在挑剔的媒体、股东以及随时准备取代自己的副手之间生存下来？
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Perhaps for the struggling executive , this is the single most important lesson : if you can ' t do anything right , do a lot . the more you have going on , the longer it will take for its disastrous consequences to become clear 或许对于在困境中挣扎的首席执行官们来说，这是最最重要的经验：如果没能力做好事，那就做浑事，浑事做的越多，局面越混乱，能够浑水摸鱼继续尸位素餐的时间也就越长。
