perfunctory
英 [pə'fʌŋ(k)t(ə)rɪ]
美 [pɚ'fʌŋktəri]
TEM8 GRE
1. 强调某人做事只是为了过关而已、熬过什么事情而已，而不是认真、执着地关注事情本身。
2. 简单地说就是“走过场”。
perfunctory 潦草的，例行公事的per-,完全的，-funct,功能，职责，词源同function,functionary.字面意思即完全的履行公事，词义贬义化，引申词义例行公事的，潦草的，不负责任的等。
- perfunctory
- perfunctory: see function
- perfunctory (adj.)
- 1580s, from Late Latin perfunctorius "careless, negligent," literally "like one who wishes to get through a thing," from Latin perfungus, past participle of perfungi "discharge, busy oneself, get through," from per- "through" + fungi "perform" (see function (n.)). Related: Perfunctorily.
- 1. They give their new employees a day or two of perfunctory orientation.
- 他们对新员工进行了一到两天简单的任职培训。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mitzi nodded a perfunctory acknowledgement as her glass was filled.
- 杯子被倒满时米芝敷衍性地点头示意。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He brushed by with a perfunctory wave to the crowd.
- 他擦身而过，朝人群敷衍地挥了挥手。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Our interest was purely perfunctory.
- 我们的兴趣只有三分热度。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. They only made a perfunctory effort.
- 他们只是敷衍了事。
来自《权威词典》
