featherbedding

基本解释

• n.额外雇工(指人为地增加雇员人数的做法)

同根派生

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• Featherbedding provisions in labor contracts may result from the continuation of work rules that were once efficient but that have become obsolete because of changed technology.
  有的劳动规则过去很有用，但由于技艺的改进，现已成为过时，然而现在劳动合同中仍延续使用这类规则，就成了额外雇工条款。