"敷衍"英语怎么说？

“敷衍”指“对一件事情不认真，马马虎虎，草草了事。（act in a perfunctory manner）.

最简单的表达方式： perfunctory/pəˈfʌŋk.tər.i/

it means done quickly without taking care or interest.

例句：

①His smile was perfunctory.

他的笑容很敷衍。

②He gave the new intern a perfunctory introduction to the daily work. 他给新来的实习生做了一个敷衍的日常工作介绍。

更形象生动的表达是：pay lip service. lip/lɪp/嘴唇

顾名思义，这个短语的意思是：嘴上功夫，口头上支持,根本没有实际行动。

英文释义：to say that you agree with something but do nothing to support it.

例句：

①She claims to be in favour of training, but so far she's only paid lip service to the idea.

她声称对培训持赞成态度，但到目前为止她的赞成还仅仅停留在口头上。

②Is this a real promise, or is this just lip service？那是真的承诺，还只是敷衍地口头上说说？

当然“敷衍”也还有很多其他相关表达，大白举一些实用例子给大家加深理解~

01、 palter with

palter /ˈpɔltər/闪烁其词;敷衍了事，这个短语意思就是：搪塞、马马虎虎地处理和对待。

例句：

①Don't palter with me!

不要敷衍我！

②Don’t try to palter with the task, try your best! 别想着随便完成任务，要尽你最大的努力。

02、give sb the runaround

runaround /ˈrʌnəraʊnd]/搪塞、借口，显而易见，这个短语表达：搪塞（某人）；打发（某人）。

英文释义：to refuse to help someone, sending them to someone or somewhere else to get help

例句：

I'm trying to get a new visa, but the embassy staff keep giving me the runaround.我想要办理新签证，但是使馆人员老是推诿不给我办。
03、go through the motion

英文释义：to do something without thinking it is very important or having much interest in it.

根据释义我们把它理解为：装装样子；敷衍了事。

例句：

①He says he's been investigating my complaint, but I feel he's just going through the motions.

他说他一直在调查我的投诉，可我觉得他只是在敷衍了事。

②Whatever I do, I’ll do my best. I don’t want to go through the motions. 无论做什么，我都会尽力而为。我不想只是走走过场敷衍了事。
04、walk through sth

字面意思就是“走过场”，就跟彩排一样，不是正式的，可以延伸为“草草应对，敷衍了事”。

很多大学生都是期末靠前突击，这种行为就可以理解为“草草应对考试”。

例句：

She never tried her best to learn anything as she just wanted to walk through the test.

她从来没有真的努力学习，因为她只是想要应付考试。
05、lie down on the job
英文释义：to fail to work as hard or as well as you should.在工作上偷懒、应付，消极的态度面对，那也是“敷衍”的一种。

例句：

①Dabai was fired because he was laying downon the job.

大白被炒鱿鱼了，因为他对工作敷衍了事。

②I’m not going to employ anybody here who lies downon the job. 我不会雇佣这里任何一个在工作上偷懒的人。