单词 | 敷衍了事 |
释义 | 〔pat〕A pat answer is not going to satisfy an inquisitive audience.敷衍了事的答复不会让追根究底的观众满意〔temporize〕"Colonial officials . . . ordered to enforce unpopular enactments, tended to temporize, to find excuses for evasion"(J.H. Parry)“被命令来执行不受欢迎法案的殖民地官员们倾向于敷衍了事,去寻找逃避的理由”(J.H.帕里)〔skimp〕concentrated on reelection, skimping other matters.集中精力在改选上,其他的事敷衍了事〔order〕"Order, cleanliness, seemliness make a structure that is half support, half ritual"(Florida Scott-Maxwell)“秩序、整洁和庄重带来一半是支持、一半是敷衍了事的体系”(佛罗里达·斯科特—麦斯威尔)〔pat〕Trite or glib; superficially complete or satisfactory:油腔滑调的; 敷衍了事的:陈腐的或口齿伶俐的;表面上完美的或令人满意的: |
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