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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- perfunctory [pə'f^ŋktərɪ]
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1.
adj
done superficially, only as a matter of routine; careless or cursory
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2.
adj
dull or indifferent
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3.
adj
[Etymology]
C16: from Late Latin perfunct
o rius negligent, from perfunctus dispatched, from perfungi to fulfil; seefunction
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1.
adj
done superficially, only as a matter of routine; careless or cursory
Examples
- a perfunctory examination
- 草率的检查 → perfunctory
- a perfunctory teacher
- 敷衍塞责的教师 → perfunctory
- 讲些不痛不痒的话
- make some perfunctory remarks → 不痛不痒
- 应付了事
- deal with sth. in a perfunctory way → 了事
- 采取应付的态度
- take a perfunctory attitude → 应付
- 草率
- sloppy; careless; slapdash; perfunctory → 率
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