Perfunctory的意思|Perfunctory的解释-里氏词典

perfunctory [pә'fʌŋktәri]

a. 敷衍的, 随随便便的, 得过且过的

perfunctory

[ adj ]

hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

<adj.all>

a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws

a passing glance

perfunctory courtesy

as a formality only

<adj.all>

a one-candidate pro forma election

Perfunctory \Per*func"to*ry\, a. [L. perfunctorius, fr.
perfunctus dispatched, p. p. of perfungi to discharge,
dispatch; per (see {Per}) + fungi to perform. See
{Function}.]
1. Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically
and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial
manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory
admonitions. --Macaulay.

2. Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless.
``Perfunctory in his devotions.'' --Sharp.

The committee was created 44 years ago when the United Nations was new, but has been inactive, meeting on a perfunctory basis two times a month.
How else to explain absenteeism, job-jumping, the theft of goods and services, and efforts at work so perfunctory as to verge on sabotage?
Mr Davies says that some departments consult business in 'an unsatisfactory or perfunctory way'.
His pictorial wit, his lightness of touch, his graphic sensibility and charm were quite enough to carry us along, and not notice too unkindly that the image was skimped and the painting perfunctory.
Sanchez said the Cuban press gave perfunctory treatment to the speech, highlighting only passages that coincided with the official view.
The symbolic vote and the two days of debate preceding it were largely perfunctory.
The government not only accepted the criticism but President Do Muoi admitted that "sluggish, inconsistent, perfunctory" management had worsened the crisis, official Radio Hanoi said.
The get-acquainted meetings with clients were more than perfunctory handholding.
So at least a perfunctory summit to sign the treaty, either in Washington or in a third country, such as Ireland, still seems likely.
His proposal lost in the House after a perfunctory debate, but it will probably be revived in the Senate.
The comptroller also said that it was unable to pursue Mr Moussavi's allegations, because he had offered no names or evidence of his encounter. Mr Moussavi, however, says the government investigation into his claims was perfunctory.
The perfunctory evening session to adopt the final report followed a full day of hearings that featured Bennett and, on a separate panel, Ryan White, an Indiana teen-ager who contracted AIDS during treatment for hemophilia.
Bobby R. Brown, 55, point man for the industry's bargaining arm, the Bituminous Coal Operators Association, doesn't speak much except through an occasional and perfunctory news release.
The communique made only a single, perfunctory mention of Deng's historical contributions.

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