| 单词 | go through the motions |
| 释义 | go through the motions (once / 20344 pages) v WORD FAMILY go through the motions: goes through the motions, going through the motions, gone through the motions, went through the motions USAGE EXAMPLESThis seems simple and obvious, but how many artists, after reaching the celebrity stratosphere, just seem to go through the motions? The New Yorker(Nov 30, 2016) As he went through the motions of returning home as the prodigal son, that loneliness began to dissipate. Washington Times(Nov 27, 2016) “Which is to say, engaged, engaging and full of fire. Where Winehouse nervously goes through the motions, Jones swaggers and stomps through her songbook.” Washington Post(Nov 19, 2016) v pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions Hyper make, make believe, pretend represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like |
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