per·func·to·ry
adjective/pəˈfʌŋktəri/
/pərˈfʌŋktəri/
(formal)- (of an action) done as a duty or habit, without real interest, attention or feeling
敷衍的；例行公事般的；潦草的 - a perfunctory nod/smile
敷衍的点头／微笑 - They only made a perfunctory effort.
他们只是敷衍了事。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPerfunctory is used with these nouns:- nod
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin perfunctorius ‘careless’, from Latin perfunct- ‘done with, discharged’, from the verb perfungi. - a perfunctory nod/smile