走过场、应付了事

English translation: perfunctory; cursory

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Chinese term or phrase:	走过场、应付了事
English translation:	perfunctory; cursory
Entered by:	orientalhorizon

12:28 Oct 23, 2007

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Telecom(munications)

Chinese term or phrase: 走过场、应付了事

对走过场、应付了事的企业要点名批评

Diana Lewis (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 36 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 50
Local time: 22:17

perfunctory; cursory

Explanation:
not paying much attention, showing no real interest or care.

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Note added at 20 mins (2007-10-23 12:48:47 GMT)
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Those enterprises which don't take this seriously will be criticised and their names revealed.

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orientalhorizon
Local time: 05:17

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Thanks very much everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

perfunctory; cursory

orientalhorizon

go through the motions

CHEN-Ling

acting perfunctorily

Navy Huang

Answers

17 mins confidence:

acting perfunctorily

Explanation:
走过场、应付了事，这边是同个意思，对于上级的指示没有认真执行，马马虎虎，敷衍了事

Navy Huang
China
Local time: 05:17
Native speaker of:

Chinese

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

perfunctory; cursory

orientalhorizon
Local time: 05:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks very much everyone!

1 hr confidence:

go through the motions

Explanation:
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/GOTHROUGHTHEMOTIONS
Pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it.
"She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions"
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/go through the motions
to do something because you are expected to do it and not because you want to. These days when we go out, cook a meal together or even make love, I get the feeling that he's just going through the motions. (often in continuous tenses)
See also: motion, through
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998

go through the motions
to do something without believing it is important. After his wife died, he went through the motions of living, without feeling much of anything.
See also: motion, through
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms © Cambridge University Press 2003
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/go through the motions
go through the motions
To do something in a mechanical manner indicative of a lack of interest or involvement

CHEN-Ling
Local time: 05:17
Native speaker of:

Chinese,

English
PRO pts in category: 13

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