pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it
权威例句
1.
It goesthroughthemotions of the multinational action thriller, and, although those motions are as flamboyantly excessive as you would expect, the result is more gruelling than pleasurable.
NEWYORKER: Mission Impossible 2 (M: I-2)
2.
Too proud to court public opinion, he goesthroughthemotions, but when his enemies turn the crowd against him, his fury only makes matters worse and the general is banished from Rome.