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【英語(yǔ)習(xí)語(yǔ)】 go through themotions
佳中
go throughthe motions 的意思是“走過(guò)場(chǎng)”、“走形式”、“ 做做樣
子”、 “敷衍應(yīng)付”。英文注釋是：Do sth. withoutsincerity or serious intention;
You go through the motions when you do something without putting any real
effortor thought into it.
例句：
1) Iknow you don’t want to do this, but I think you'd better gothrough
themotions.
我知道你不想做這件事，不過(guò)我想你最好還是做一下裝裝樣子。
2）Wemust see to it that we solve these serious problems and don't justgo
through the motions.
我們必須認(rèn)真解決的這些嚴(yán)重問(wèn)題，絕對(duì)不能走過(guò)場(chǎng)。
3）Janewas angry because she couldn't go out, and when her mother toldher
to clean the window she justwent through themotions.
簡(jiǎn)因不能外出而生氣，所以當(dāng)她母親叫她擦窗戶(hù)時(shí)，她就敷衍了事。
4）Theteam was so far behind that for the last few minutes of the gameit
looked like they were justgoing through themotions.
該隊(duì)比分太落后，以致在賽事最后階段只是敷衍了事。
5）They've told Peterthat he has to leave his job at the end of the month,so
he's just going through themotions untilthen.
他們已經(jīng)通知彼得月底必須離職，所以他離走前只是做做樣子罷了。
6）The band were playingtheir songs, but they were just going throughthe
motions because theywere doing a rehearsal to check thesound.
樂(lè)隊(duì)在演奏歌曲，不過(guò)他們只是做做樣子,因?yàn)樗麄儾逝艡z查的聲音。
這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)也可說(shuō)出 go through the motions of doingsth.
1）They go through the motions of dispute andinquiry, but do not break
through the skin towhere such inquires mightreallyhurt.
他們裝模作樣地搞些辯論和調(diào)查，但不觸及到問(wèn)題的實(shí)質(zhì)。
2）He went throughthe motions of welcoming her friends but thenquickly
left the room.他出來(lái)虛應(yīng)了一下她的朋友，轉(zhuǎn)眼就離開(kāi)了房間。
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