lie down on the job 敷衍

无论工作、还是学习，最忌讳的便是“敷衍了事”。有人说，如果你用敷衍的态度对待生活，那生活同样会回报你一个敷衍的结果。

 

“敷衍了事”，中文熟语，指“对一件事情不认真，马马虎虎，草草了事（act in a perfunctory manner）”，“take a perfunctory attitude”意思是“采取敷衍的态度”。

 

“敷衍”也表示“偷懒，应付（to fail to work as hard or as well as you should）”，翻译为“lie down on the job”。

 

例句：

 

他敷衍了几句就走了。

He just made a few causal remarks before he left.

 

敷衍地打招呼

Shuffle¹ through the formal greetings

 

敷衍的检讨

Perfunctory self-criticism

 

对待工作我们不能敷衍。

We can't lie down on the job.

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