Perfunctory
[ pɚ'fʌŋktəri ]
公共 Public
adj. 敷衍的;马虎的;肤浅的;浅薄的;
💡 词根助记
per贯穿+funct活动+ory…的→只是穿过去并不了解全部→草率的
📝 例句
Ruck, however, agreed that the answer should not be perfunctory.
不过，腊斯克倒是同意答复不应敷衍了事。
She could not be negative or perfunctory about anything.
她对任何事情都不抱消极或敷衍的态度。
Each day Humboodt gave himself a perfunctory shave.
洪堡每天都是马马虎虎地刮刮脸。
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。
There was a perfunctory search of his bags at the airport.
在机场他的行李被马马虎虎检查了一下。
🌱 联想助记
【记】per-表面,funct-功能,ory-形缀:表面上有功能→马虎敷衍的
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
perfunctory
adj
(fml 文)
(a) (of an action) done as a duty or routine, without care or interest （指行为）敷衍的, 马虎的, 例行的
a perfunctory examination, greeting, salute 例行的考试、 问候、 致意.
(b) (of a person) doing things in this way （指人）做事敷衍塞责的.
🔁 扩展释义
*[pә'fʌŋktәri]a. 敷衍的, 随随便便的, 得过且过的相关词组: in a perfunctory manner
📖 同为「GMAT」词汇
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The board has discussed your request for a 30% pay rise, we cannot meet you demands but we would be happy to offer you 15%.
董事会已讨论了你要求加30%薪水的要求，我们不能满足你的要求，但我们很乐意给你加15%的薪水。
I hope you can find your book soon.
我希望你很快就找到你的书。
Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure.
离我们不远处，出现一个大裂缝。