go through the motions

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   做姿态；走过场

   to do or say sth because you have to, not because you really want to

   That's right. Go through the motions till we're ready to open the club.

电影里这样说 · 6 部

• I went through the motions. That's not the same thing.Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation2015
• And you're just going through the motions.Watchmen2009
• That's right. Go through the motions till we're ready to open the club.Night and the City1950
• Everybody knows what's coming, but they go through the motions anyway.Sin City2005
• I don't know. It looks to me like Thompson is just going through the motions out there.Tooth Fairy2010
• It's like going through the motions of living without really living.The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane1976
• NOW YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF TELLING ME HOW DELIGHTED YOU ARE AND HOW I'LL HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.Anne of Avonlea1987
• A lot of the time we were going through the motions, and we all started to get pretty fed up.The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years2016

在完整场景里学

• 四海本色1950
  • 兜售发财药丸被拒：come to your senses（幡然醒悟）
  • 画室里借钱又聊哈里：an artist without an art（空有艺术家之名）
  • 进俱乐部先立规矩：start off on the right foot（开个好头）

同一词条的短语

• set in motion

习语频道里接下来

• have it in you
• leave it at that
• on sale
• out of the ordinary
• be fair
• in the wrong
• draw the line
• that is
• that is to say
• along lines
• to the point
• do the math