a perfunctory nod/smile
敷衍的点头╱微笑
They only made a perfunctory effort.
他们只是敷衍了事。
1.敷衍塞责的,马马虎虎的
2.例行公事的;不彻底的,表面的
1.done without much effort or interest
1.She knew they were failures, and he read her disapproval in every perfunctory and unenthusiastic line of her letter. And she was right.
他从露丝的信中每一行缺乏热情的官样文章里看出她并不认可，而她是对的。
2.Dobrynin put only a few perfunctory questions and then asked to see me alone.
多勃雷宁只肤皮潦草地提了几个问题。然后就要求同我单独谈话。
3.He made a circuit of the docks and the tidal harbor. The security was perfunctory .
他绕码头和潮汐港转了一圈，发现这地方的警戒很马虎。
4.Rarely did these propositions even contain a perfunctory "Hello, you look nice in pinstripes" or any other kind of humanizing email chatter.
这种骚扰都不能用草率来形容，“你好呀，你穿西装的样子好帅哟。”或者任何其他的人性化电邮聊天内容都没有。
5.Schultz seems to appreciate them, in a perfunctory way.
Schultz似乎很欣赏这些原始而直接的主意。
6.However, we were but a perfunctory attitude. She was already advanced liver cancer.
但是，我们当时却是一种敷衍的态度。她当时已经是肝癌晚期。
7.Mr. Kramer gave it a perfunctory glance.
克拉姆抬起眼看看他。
8.it said the right things, but was perhaps a little perfunctory.
信上说的是正事，但可能有点例行公事。
9.Should not be perfunctory my you, was I has misunderstood you to the understanding which loved.
别敷衍我了你，是，我误解了你对爱的，理解。
10.The limitations of Ms Finkel 's approach are most apparent in her perfunctory treatment of the empire's final, tumultuous years.
芬克尔的记述方式还是有其局限性的，最明显的是关于奥斯曼帝国末期动荡岁月的描写过于草率。