敷衍了事 meaning in English
do things carelessly; attend to a matter negligently -- without due care; be half-hearted about one's work; be slipshod in work; do sth. in a perfunctory manner; finish a job carelessly; give a lick and a promise; gloss things over; go through the motions (of); make a muddle of one's work; muddle through one's work; muddle with one's work; negligently finish up a matter; play at; shuffle through one's work; skimp through one's work so as to be done with it; work perfunctorily 短语和例子
Examples
- She is very conscientious and never skimps her work .
她办事认真，从不敷衍了事。 - We did no clowning around .
我们不是敷衍了事。 - We must do it whole-heartedly , not half-heartedly .
我们应该全心全意去做，而不是敷衍了事。 - Ruck, however, agreed that the answer should not be perfunctory .
不过，腊斯克倒是同意答复不应敷衍了事。 - She gave some attention to her flowers, but it was perfunctorily bestowed .
她又把她的花儿多少修理了一下，不过那完全是敷衍了事。