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Definition of cushy in English: cushyadjectivecushier, cushiest ˈkʊʃiˈkʊʃi informal 1(of a job or situation) undemanding, easy, or secure. （工作、任务、形势等）要求不高的，轻松的，安逸的 he doesn't have anything like the cushy life you professors have the Caribbean posting is not a cushy number Example sentencesExamples - With the support of the ad agency's unlikeable owners, Greer delivers an ultimatum: book into detox or lose your cushy job.
- You do not have the right to a cushy job without earning it.
- In 2001, this software professional quit his cushy job at Genesis International and enrolled at New York Film Academy.
- A cushy job pulling in clients for a big law firm might be tough to come by if the powers-that-be take away your lawyering licence.
- Do your 20 years in the army, get your pension, then slide in to a rather cushy job in the House on the Hill.
- Often, their good work on the political battlefield was rewarded with party preselection, or cushy jobs as ministerial aides, and careers in politics.
- We have heard some extremely depressing news from a large number of male officers and staff that bad managers are promoted or sidelined or moved to a cushy job.
- Normally reviewing a programme without watching it would be regarded as a dereliction of a rather cushy job, but when I tell you the title of this particular programme perhaps you'll understand.
- That leaves him, four months after quitting a cushy job and two months after what was undoubtedly the worst day in the history of commercial aviation, relaunching a failing airline.
- By raising the cost of city contracts, these laws make privatization efforts less appealing and thus protect the cushy jobs of city workers.
- At this point, I remarked to myself what a cushy job this young man and the other American officers operating the facility had.
- Tough though their lives are, I'd rather be one of them than a pitiful middle-class media sow who holds down a cushy job from home, employs a nanny and expects applause for putting one foot in front of the other.
- Oh, and did I mention that 12 months prior I had chucked in a cushy job in a University Science department to pursue this dream?
- After all, these CARICOM guys have cushy jobs, and if CARICOM went away, they might have to go out and get real work.
- Engineering and medicine apart, the biosciences are throwing up lots of cushy jobs.
- Once they are into their cushy jobs you never hear from them.
- Moreover, one finds very few of them leaving their cushy job and affluent lifestyle to act on their stated principles and live in some non-Western society.
- What would possess a person to go from a decent, albeit kinda cushy job at the studio in Rockefeller Center to the front lines of battle?
- He resigned his cushy job in 2002 to pursue his goals in Kalahandi.
- Their attitude is that if they keep their jackboot to the throat of the worker then their nice cushy jobs, with perks and pensions, will be guaranteed.
Synonyms easy, undemanding, untaxing comfortable, secure British informal jammy 2North American (of furniture) comfortable. 〈北美〉（家具）舒适的 Example sentencesExamples - One last time, her eyes flickered over the shadows of her belongings, her keyboard, flute stand, dresser, and finally, her favourite cushy chair.
- I stopped talking, and relaxed in the cushy seat to hear the light whooshing sound of the train speeding along the track.
- ‘Sorry, it totally slipped my mind,’ I answer politely and take my usual seat in the cushy chair opposing him.
- They won't care if we sleep in their foyer, they look like the type of place to have soft cushy couches.
- Twice and Samson sat down in cushy chairs opposite her.
- Andy sighed and leaned into the cushy bench seat.
- With deep cushy furniture, a wall of books, an original fireplace, and no television, the library is one of Dan's favorite places to put up his feet.
- It was painted a deep grey, and the contents within were a bed, a small table, and a cushy chair by the closed up window.
- Roz asked her as Abbey settled into the cushy chair.
- It seemed to drag on forever, with intervals of my interrupting sister, saying that the seats were too cushy or hard, or the windows were too clear or dusty, or it was too bright or dark.
- ‘The food and the champagne and the big, cushy seat are nice,’ he says.
- I settled back into my comfortable position on the cushy chair I had gotten from a furniture store.
- Thanks for giving me such a nice, cushy seat at the table.
- This is a really fun bar with comfy couches and soft cushy tables.
- When I woke up in the morning, I was lying on a cushy bed.
- Katherine sat down in a nice cushy chair weakly.
- A touch exhausted from her wind-riding adventure, she laid down, reclining comfortably on her cushy bed.
- His office was spacious, and filled with lots of cushy chairs.
- He sat down on a cushy chair near the couch I was propped up on, my shoes on the concrete floor.
- We've just moved from the dining room but there's another big oval table and some more cushy chairs…
Derivativesnoun informal She groaned and rolled over, surprised at the surface's soft, cushiness. Example sentencesExamples - There is only so much cushiness a player can get before he loses his edge.
- While we were waiting for the movie to start, we put the pillows behind our backs for maximum cushiness, and put the blankets over our legs to keep warm.
- If you like the quirky styling, the car delivers the cushiness of a Lexus but with more pizzazz.
- I've had this chair for my whole time here and it's never really bothered me before; is it losing its cushiness?
OriginLate 19th century (originally Anglo-Indian): from Urdu ḵushī 'pleasure', from Persian ḵuš. Definition of cushy in US English: cushyadjectiveˈko͝oSHēˈkʊʃi informal 1(of a job, task, or situation) undemanding, easy, or secure. （工作、任务、形势等）要求不高的，轻松的，安逸的 cushy jobs that pay you to ski Example sentencesExamples - Their attitude is that if they keep their jackboot to the throat of the worker then their nice cushy jobs, with perks and pensions, will be guaranteed.
- Tough though their lives are, I'd rather be one of them than a pitiful middle-class media sow who holds down a cushy job from home, employs a nanny and expects applause for putting one foot in front of the other.
- He resigned his cushy job in 2002 to pursue his goals in Kalahandi.
- By raising the cost of city contracts, these laws make privatization efforts less appealing and thus protect the cushy jobs of city workers.
- Often, their good work on the political battlefield was rewarded with party preselection, or cushy jobs as ministerial aides, and careers in politics.
- Do your 20 years in the army, get your pension, then slide in to a rather cushy job in the House on the Hill.
- That leaves him, four months after quitting a cushy job and two months after what was undoubtedly the worst day in the history of commercial aviation, relaunching a failing airline.
- Once they are into their cushy jobs you never hear from them.
- With the support of the ad agency's unlikeable owners, Greer delivers an ultimatum: book into detox or lose your cushy job.
- In 2001, this software professional quit his cushy job at Genesis International and enrolled at New York Film Academy.
- A cushy job pulling in clients for a big law firm might be tough to come by if the powers-that-be take away your lawyering licence.
- Moreover, one finds very few of them leaving their cushy job and affluent lifestyle to act on their stated principles and live in some non-Western society.
- Oh, and did I mention that 12 months prior I had chucked in a cushy job in a University Science department to pursue this dream?
- Normally reviewing a programme without watching it would be regarded as a dereliction of a rather cushy job, but when I tell you the title of this particular programme perhaps you'll understand.
- You do not have the right to a cushy job without earning it.
- At this point, I remarked to myself what a cushy job this young man and the other American officers operating the facility had.
- After all, these CARICOM guys have cushy jobs, and if CARICOM went away, they might have to go out and get real work.
- What would possess a person to go from a decent, albeit kinda cushy job at the studio in Rockefeller Center to the front lines of battle?
- Engineering and medicine apart, the biosciences are throwing up lots of cushy jobs.
- We have heard some extremely depressing news from a large number of male officers and staff that bad managers are promoted or sidelined or moved to a cushy job.
Synonyms easy, undemanding, untaxing 2North American (of furniture) comfortable. 〈北美〉（家具）舒适的 Example sentencesExamples - It was painted a deep grey, and the contents within were a bed, a small table, and a cushy chair by the closed up window.
- ‘Sorry, it totally slipped my mind,’ I answer politely and take my usual seat in the cushy chair opposing him.
- He sat down on a cushy chair near the couch I was propped up on, my shoes on the concrete floor.
- It seemed to drag on forever, with intervals of my interrupting sister, saying that the seats were too cushy or hard, or the windows were too clear or dusty, or it was too bright or dark.
- ‘The food and the champagne and the big, cushy seat are nice,’ he says.
- When I woke up in the morning, I was lying on a cushy bed.
- Twice and Samson sat down in cushy chairs opposite her.
- One last time, her eyes flickered over the shadows of her belongings, her keyboard, flute stand, dresser, and finally, her favourite cushy chair.
- I settled back into my comfortable position on the cushy chair I had gotten from a furniture store.
- Thanks for giving me such a nice, cushy seat at the table.
- This is a really fun bar with comfy couches and soft cushy tables.
- Roz asked her as Abbey settled into the cushy chair.
- Andy sighed and leaned into the cushy bench seat.
- A touch exhausted from her wind-riding adventure, she laid down, reclining comfortably on her cushy bed.
- Katherine sat down in a nice cushy chair weakly.
- We've just moved from the dining room but there's another big oval table and some more cushy chairs…
- With deep cushy furniture, a wall of books, an original fireplace, and no television, the library is one of Dan's favorite places to put up his feet.
- His office was spacious, and filled with lots of cushy chairs.
- I stopped talking, and relaxed in the cushy seat to hear the light whooshing sound of the train speeding along the track.
- They won't care if we sleep in their foyer, they look like the type of place to have soft cushy couches.
OriginLate 19th century (originally Anglo-Indian): from Urdu ḵushī ‘pleasure’, from Persian ḵuš. |