敷衍了事,汉语成语,意思是指办事做事马虎,只求应对过去即使完事。形容做事不认真。可以翻译为 work perfunctorily,do things carelessly。与英文短语go through the motions1意思相近,表示 to do something without making much effort to do it well。
例句:
你真的不在乎,是吗?你只不过在敷衍了事。
You really dont care, do you? Youre just going through the motions.
他们只不过敷衍了事。
They only made a perfunctory effort.