现多指只担有名义，却对自身工作放任自流、撒手不管的领导干部或主管部门cadre or managing department that has a title but a hands-off approach to work; hands-off shopkeeper

• 漂浮，作秀，摆花架子，大而化之，做甩手掌柜，没一件事能干到底，都不是做事人的应有作为。

  Being superficial, doing things for show, putting on airs, playing matters down, being a hands-off leader, not seeing anything through to the end: none of this is behaviour that should be seen from someone who gets things done.

• 黄恺最终成了“甩手掌柜”，把网店业务交给杜彬打理，自己一头埋进设计工作。

  Huang Kai ultimately became a hands-off leader, assigning the handling of the online store business to Du Bin and burying himself in design work.