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

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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