President Kao went through the motions of saying no, then sat down serenely, and was just picking up the chopsticks when he glanced around the table and cried, "Why, I can't sit here!
高校长虚让一下,泰然坐下,正拿起筷,眼睛绕桌一转,嚷道:“这位子不成!
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The doctor was sure the girl wasn't ill, but he went through the motions of examining her
医生确信那姑娘没病,但他还是装样子给她查了查。
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I remembered what it felt like to go through the motions of adult life, hoping that I was doing things the right way.
我记起了那时经历成人生活时的感觉,那时我总是希望自己不要做错事。
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But when he met his future wife Susan, she showed him that just going through the motions of faith was not enough.
但是当他遇到他未来的妻子苏珊时,她告诉他仅仅情感上感觉到的信仰是不够的。
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I can go through the motions of putting imaginary food into my mouth.
我会装出把假想的食物放入口中大嚼一番的样子。
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He caught my eye and went through the motions of sympathetically clapping . . .
他被我看到了,于是做出赞同的姿态鼓几下掌……
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Rulers who have entrenched themselves for decades now at least go through the motions of having elections;
如果哪个统治者想稳坐几十年江山,如今至少要搞一搞选举做一做样子。
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英语成语:go through the motions (of doing something)
1.To do the base functions of some activity without much thought or interest.
不假思索或毫无兴趣地执行某项活动的基本功能。
A lot of people in church are just there to go through the motions instead of really trying to apply the sermon to their lives.
教堂里很多人只是走过场,而不是真正努力将讲道内容应用到生活中。
I’ve done this job for so long that I just go through the motions every day.
机译:我做这项工作已经很久了,所以我每天都只是走走过场。
2.to do or say something because you have to,not because you really want to