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词汇 perfunctorily
释义 perfunctorily
adverb
uk /pəˈfʌŋk.tər.əl.i/ us /pɚˈfʌŋk.tɚ.əl.i/
quickly, without care or interest: 敷衍地
The two heads of state shook hands perfunctorily for the photographers.两国首脑对着摄影师敷衍地握了握手。
The officer read perfunctorily from a written text.那个官员敷衍地读了读那条书面信息。
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perfunctory
We didn't look at each other as he kissed me perfunctorily good-bye.
"That's nice," said Tilley perfunctorily.
The nurse perfunctorily checked my blood pressure.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not paying attention
absent
absent-minded
absent-mindedly
absent-mindedness
absently
drop/lower your guardidiom
escape someone's notice
faraway
glazed
gnat
like a bull in a china shopidiom
merrily
misfocus
moment
moony
sideline
unmindful
unwarily
unwary
zone out

Examples of perfunctorily


perfunctorily
In the 1996 election only 43 households went to the ballot, and some did so perfunctorily.
Not only are environmental resources only perfunctorily referred to in economics textbooks, they are also cheerfully ignored in economists' public pronouncements.
No verbal replies seem to be expected of the student: one 'question' is answered perfunctorily, and the others elicit a performed response.
If there is one area that this otherwise nuanced analysis deals with somewhat perfunctorily, it is the current crisis.
Birds he treats perfunctorily as well as fish.
To perform physical evolutions perfunctorily because some good may come from them later on gives young people a distaste for physical training.
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He has to ask the questions tactfully, swiftly and not perfunctorily.
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That was one reason why we discussed it so perfunctorily last year.
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As a result the valuation of agricultural land will be very perfunctorily and carelessly done.
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When from time to time we debate the crucial issues that confront mankind, those debates are usually brief and perfunctorily attended.
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I hope that he will do so a little less perfunctorily on this occasion.
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These are tasks which cannot be discharged perfunctorily.
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If he does his work perfunctorily or badly, he may do a great deal of harm.
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We all know of general practitioners who work perfunctorily or who issue certificates or prescriptions irresponsibly.
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It was mentioned, but it was dealt with rather perfunctorily.
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