to go through the motions 擺樣子,走過場(chǎng)(成語)
英文釋義
To pretend to do something by merely showing action without any serious intention.
例句
Every morning the employees of the failing business arrived at work and sat at their desks, but there were no customers, so they knew they were just going through the motions.
每天早上,這家快破產(chǎn)的企業(yè)的員工都來上班,坐在桌子旁邊,但由于沒有客戶,他們知道,他們只是擺擺樣子。