go through the motions 敷衍了事
分类: 英语学习方法
“敷衍了事”,汉语成语,意思是指办事马马虎虎,只求应付过去就算完事。形容做事不认真。可以翻译为“ work perfunctorily,do things carelessly”。与英文短语“go through the motions”意思相近,表示“ to do something without making much effort to do it well”。
例句:
你真的不在意,是吗?你只是在敷衍了事。
You really don't care, do you? You're just going through the motions.
他们只是敷衍了事。
They only made a perfunctory effort.