go through the motions 敷衍了事

“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 motions¹”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.

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