Presiding over an American university was once a plum job; now it is a minefield.

担任美国大学的校长曾经是一份很体面的工作；现在成了雷区。

He gave friends and family plum jobs with big salaries.

他给了朋友和家人丰厚的薪水。

This expression " a plum job" is actually quite old in English.

“a plum job”这个表达在英语中其实已经很古老了。

But the expression " plum job" means a very good job.

但是“plum job”这个表达方式意味着一份非常好的工作。

That's — they have categories, and you know, all the plum jobs are in London and France, the ambassadors, and so forth.

他们有分类，你知道，对大使而言，所有的美差都是在伦敦和法国等等。

Leandro is asking Alysson about a plum job that she got working abroad.

Leandro 正在向 Alysson 询问她在国外工作的一份不错的工作。

When you said you got a plum job working abroad, I thought you were going to Europe or Asia.

Leandro：当你说你在国外找到了一份不错的工作时，我以为你要去欧洲或亚洲。

Perhaps that's why Giovanni Baglione, one of his imitators, got the plum job of painting the Resurrection in the new Jesuit church, and Caravaggio didn't.

也许这就是为什么他的模仿者之一 Giovanni Baglione，会得到为新天主教堂创作“耶稣的复活”这份好差使，而卡瓦拉乔却没有得到。

A " plum (plum) job" is a very desirable job, a well-paying job, a good job, one of the best jobs in the organization.

一份“plum（梅花）工作” 是一份非常令人向往的工作， 一份高薪的工作， 一份好工作， 是组织中最好的工作之一。

A " plum" is a small, sweet fruit that was considered very desirable, and so we have a " plum job, " meaning a very desirable job.

“李子” 是一种小而甜的水果， 被认为是非常理想的，所以我们有一份“李子工作” ，意思是一份非常理想的工作。