中文翻译与英英解释

〔美俚〕容易捞到钱的活儿，工作清闲而报酬优厚的职务。

gravy:    n. 1.肉汁，肉卤。 2.〔美俚〕非法所得的钱；容易挣 ...

train:    vt. 1.训练；培养，养成；锻炼(身体)；【园艺】使向 ...

income obtained with a minimum of effort
同义词：easy money,

例句与用法

A : this company is not a gravy train
在这个公司工作可不是件轻松的事情。

For her , the advertising business is a real gravy train
对她来说，广告业可真是个美差。

He ’ ll never leave his job . it ’ s a real gravy train
他是绝对不会辞职的，那可是个肥缺。

This company is not a gravy train
在这个公司工作可不是件轻松的事情。

And so congress is quite happy to keep this gravy train going
因此国会也乐于不断从中大捞一把。

George realized the gravy train was over when he got fired
乔治到被解雇时才明白，这下他的财源断了。

It ' s heard that a lot of people want to get on the gravy train of this department
据说有很多人想进到这部门得到这份轻松钱又多的工作。

It is worth investing all one ' s money in property , if only to get on the gravy train
只要能赚大钱，把所有的钱都投资于房地产也是值得的。

John seems to be on the gravy train these days . / yeah . he got a chance of going abroad to arrange an exhibiton
约翰最近看起来很走运。 /是啊。他得到了一个出国办展览的机会。

Monica : umm , excuse me , we switched apartments . you can ' t eat are food anymore , that - that gravy train had ended
我说,很抱歉,我们换过公寓了吧好象?你再也不能吃我们的东西了,白喝汤的好日子结束了