perfunctory
perfunctory 英 [pəˈfʌŋktəri] 美 [pərˈfʌŋktəri]
adj. 敷衍的；马虎的；得过且过的
名词复数:perfunctories
- Perfunctory means done as part of a routine or duty. If you give someone a gift and they look at it like it's roadkill and say nothing about it but a perfunctory "thank you," you might not be giving them another one anytime soon.
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- adj. 敷衍的；马虎的；得过且过的
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1. Unlike the Europeans, with their perfunctory, pith-helmeted explorations of the interior, the Arabs sought to establish a lasting trade presence in the region.
阿拉伯人不像欧洲人只是对内地敷衍了事地探险，而是寻求在这个地区的贸易能长久做下去。
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2. Both missives were perfunctory — winner and loser wishing each other well, best to your wife, that kind of thing.
两封信函都是敷衍了事，胜者和败者都希望对方以及太太身体健康，诸如此类。
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3. Once on the aircraft, the service is perfunctory, the toilets often filthy and the food barely edible.
一旦登机后，机上服务相当敷衍了事，洗手间常常污秽不堪，食物也难 以下咽。
- 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" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward," hence "through") + fungi "perform" (see function (n.)). Related: Perfunctorily.
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