英语单词“go through the motions”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析
单词
go through the motions
释义
go through the motions
idiominformaldisapprovingC2to do something withoutthinkingit is veryimportantor having muchinterestin it:装装样子;敷衍了事He says he's beeninvestigatingmycomplaint, but Ifeelhe's just going through themotions.他说他一直在调查我的投诉,可我觉得他只是在敷衍了事。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesFaking & pretending- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- cry
- false
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- play-act
- professed
- purport
- quack
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go through the motions
idiomto do something withoutbelievingit isimportant:After hiswifedied, he went through themotionsoflivingwithout reallyfeelinganything.(Definition ofgo through the motionsfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/go-through-the-motions##